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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
There are 2 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.
Diet
The diet includes fruit, especially figs, and berries.
Breeding
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, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2017. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: v2017, with updates to August 2017. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Superb Fruit Dove. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 15 May 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Superb_Fruit_Dove
