Beautiful Fruit Dove
A species of Fruit-doves Scientific name : Ptilinopus pulchellus Genus : Fruit-doves
Beautiful Fruit Dove, A species of Fruit-doves
Botanical name: Ptilinopus pulchellus
Genus: Fruit-doves
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Description
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Description
The beautiful fruit dove (Ptilinopus pulchellus), also known as the rose-fronted pigeon or crimson-capped fruit dove, is a small, approximately 19 cm (7 ⁄2 in) long, mainly green fruit dove. It has a red crown, whitish throat, a greenish-yellow bill and purplish-red feet. It has a blue-grey breast and yellowish orange belly, with a reddish purple patch in between. Both sexes are similar. The beautiful fruit dove is distributed in rainforests of New Guinea and the islands of Batanta, Waigeo, Salawati and Misool in West Papua, Indonesia. The female usually lays a single white egg. Its diet consists mainly of various fruits from trees, palms and vines. In the Port Moresby area, birds were found to eat a mixed diet in May. Large Tristiropsis canarioides fruit were taken when available, but the species gets displaced from fruiting trees by larger pigeons such as the collared imperial pigeon (Ducula mullerii). Small Endiandra sp. fruit were very often eaten, but made up only a small quantity of food volume. Other food were Gymnacranthera paniculata and small quantities of Polyalthia sp., Livistona palm fruit, and occasionally pepper (Piper) berries. Despite their small size, they are able to swallow fruits of 5 cm³ volume, which would translate into a diameter of about 2 cm in spherical fruit. (Frith et al. 1976) Widespread and common throughout its large range, the beautiful fruit dove is evaluated as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species.
Size
20 cm
Feeding Habits
Beautiful Fruit Dove is frugivorous, consuming various tree, shrub, palm, and vine fruits, such as Tristiropsis cynaroides and Piper peppers, swallowing fruit up to 2cm diameter. Feeds actively and acrobatically, often alone or in pairs.
Habitat
Beautiful Fruit Dove typically dwells in primary and secondary forests found in regions of high rainfall. This species thrives across various forest strata from the understorey to the canopy, and often makes its home at the forest edge. Additionally, beautiful Fruit Dove is frequently observed inhabiting native gardens within its habitat range.
Dite type
Frugivorous
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Scientific Classification
Phylum
Chordates Class
Birds Order
Pigeons and doves Family
Dove Genus
Fruit-doves Species
Beautiful Fruit Dove