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[[Image:Superb_Fruit_Dove.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by Hans & Judy Beste<br />Photo of male bird, taken: Julatten, Nth. Queensland, [[Australia]]]] | [[Image:Superb_Fruit_Dove.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by Hans & Judy Beste<br />Photo of male bird, taken: Julatten, Nth. Queensland, [[Australia]]]] | ||
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==Identification== | ==Identification== | ||
24cm. Purple crown, orange hindneck, blue-black breastband separating the grey upper breast from white underparts, rest of the body is green, green tail with grey tips, yellow eyes and eyerings. Female - green, grey breast and white underparts. There is a smallish purple patch on the crown. Young birds resemble females but lack the purple crown patch. | 24cm. Purple crown, orange hindneck, blue-black breastband separating the grey upper breast from white underparts, rest of the body is green, green tail with grey tips, yellow eyes and eyerings. Female - green, grey breast and white underparts. There is a smallish purple patch on the crown. Young birds resemble females but lack the purple crown patch. | ||
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- Ptilinopus superbus
Identification
24cm. Purple crown, orange hindneck, blue-black breastband separating the grey upper breast from white underparts, rest of the body is green, green tail with grey tips, yellow eyes and eyerings. Female - green, grey breast and white underparts. There is a smallish purple patch on the crown. Young birds resemble females but lack the purple crown patch.
Distribution
Australia, north-eastern Queensland to north-eastern New South Wales, New Guinea, Solomon Islands, the Philippines and Sulawesi.
Taxonomy
Subspecies[1]
- P.s.temminckii Sulawesi and Sula Islands
- P.s.superbus Moluccas to Bismarck Arch., Solomon Islands and ne Australia
Habitat
Rainforests, rainforest margins, mangroves, and wooded stream-margins.
Behaviour
Arboreal.
The diet includes fruit, especially figs, and berries.
The nest is a flimsy platform of twigs built in bushy trees from 5 m - 30 m above the ground. The female incubates the eggs at night while the male incubates by day.
References
- Clements, JF. 2009. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to December 2009. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019.
