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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]] | ||
==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. | ||
==Distribution== | ==Distribution== | ||
| + | [[Australia]], north-eastern [[Queensland]] to north-eastern [[New South Wales]], [[New Guinea]], [[Solomon Islands]], the [[Philippines]] and [[Sulawesi]]. | ||
==Taxonomy== | ==Taxonomy== | ||
==Habitat== | ==Habitat== | ||
| + | Rainforests, rainforest margins, mangroves, and wooded stream-margins. | ||
==Behaviour== | ==Behaviour== | ||
| + | Arboreal. | ||
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| + | The diet includes fruit, especially figs, and berries. | ||
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| + | 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. | ||
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==External Links== | ==External Links== | ||
{{GSearch|Ptilinopus+superbus}} | {{GSearch|Ptilinopus+superbus}} | ||
*[http://www.orientalbirdimages.org/birdimages.php?action=birdspecies&Bird_ID=716&Bird_Image_ID=5769&Bird_Family_ID=91 View more images of this species on Orientalbirdimages] | *[http://www.orientalbirdimages.org/birdimages.php?action=birdspecies&Bird_ID=716&Bird_Image_ID=5769&Bird_Family_ID=91 View more images of this species on Orientalbirdimages] | ||
*[http://www.aviceda.org/abid/birdimages.php?action=birdspecies&fid=29&bid=350 View more images of this species on the ABID] | *[http://www.aviceda.org/abid/birdimages.php?action=birdspecies&fid=29&bid=350 View more images of this species on the ABID] | ||
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Revision as of 14:20, 26 June 2008
- 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
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.
