Superb Fruit Dove
A species of Fruit-doves Scientific name : Ptilinopus superbus Genus : Fruit-doves
Superb Fruit Dove, A species of Fruit-doves
Botanical name: Ptilinopus superbus
Genus: Fruit-doves
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Description General Info
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Description
It is sexually dimorphic. Males are superbly coloured with a fiery orange nape, green ears, and a purple crown. The breast is grey, and divided from the abdomen by a wide, dark blue band. Their wings are olive green covered with dark spots, and the tail is tipped with white. Females are mostly green, with a white abdomen, blue wing tips, light blue breast, and a small, dark blue spot on the back of the head. Both sexes have yellow eyes and eye-rings. Despite its colourful plumage, the superb fruit dove is well-camouflaged amongst the rainforest foliage. 
Size
24 cm
Nest Placement
Tree
Feeding Habits
Superb Fruit Dove chiefly consumes fruits and berries, favoring figs, drupes, and palm fruits, with a noted preference for smaller fruits. Foraging behavior includes selectively eating fruits of certain trees, like cinnamon-related species, typically avoiding larger fruits above 2.5 cm³ in volume.
Habitat
Superb Fruit Dove is found in diverse forested environments such as mangroves, agroforests, secondary, and primary forests. It inhabits closed forests like monsoon rainforest and mesophyll vine-forest, and may also be present in shrubby secondary regrowth. Superb Fruit Dove exists in both lowland and montane regions and is adapted to living in areas with an abundance of fruit trees, where it feeds mainly in the canopy and midstory. It is common in forested areas that exhibit a variety of foliage densities and is also occasionally observed in urban settings within its range.
Dite type
Frugivorous
General Info
Feeding Habits
Bird food type
Fruit
Behavior
Superb fruit doves' wings whistle when they fly, and their call is a steady coo-coo-coo-coo. The breeding season lasts from September to January. A small platform of twigs is built 5–30 metres off the ground, in which the female lays one small, white egg. She incubates it during the night. The male takes his turn during the day.
Distribution Area
Native to Australasia, the superb fruit dove lives in the rainforests of New Guinea, Australia, Solomon Islands, the Philippines and Sulawesi of Indonesia. In Australia, it is found from southern New South Wales around the town of Moruya and extends further north, where it becomes more common to Cape York in Queensland. In some areas of its range, such as the New Guinean rainforest, it is a resident bird; in more marginal or seasonal habitats such as those in Australia, flocks are known to move about according to the availability of food (Frith et al. 1976).
Species Status
Habitat loss is a primary threat, but the superb fruit dove is still fairly widespread and common throughout its large range. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species ranks it as least concern. In New South Wales, however, the superb fruit dove is considered vulnerable, meaning it is likely to become endangered.
Photo By Charley Hesse TROPICAL BIRDING 
Scientific Classification
Phylum
Chordates Class
Birds Order
Pigeons and doves Family
Dove Genus
Fruit-doves Species
Superb Fruit Dove 
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