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Ptilinopus regina

Photo by Tom Tarrant.

[edit] Identification

22cm long, green fruit dove, grey head and breast, orange belly, whitish throat, yellow-orange iris, and greyish green bill and feet. It has a pinkish-red crown with yellow border. The Indonesian subspecies, P. r. xanthogaster has a whitish crown and paler grey head and breast. Both sexes are similar. The young has a green-coloured crown and plumage.

[edit] Distribution

Australia, Lesser Sunda Islands and Maluku Islands of Indonesia

[edit] Taxonomy

[edit] Subspecies^[1]

• P.r.flavicollis Lesser Sundas (Flores, Roti, Sawu, Semau and w Timor)
• P.r.roseipileum Lesser Sundas (e Timor, Wetar, Romang, Kissar, Moa and Leti)
• P.r.xanthogaster Banda, Kai, Damar, Sermata, Babar, Tanimbar and Aru islands
• P.r.ewingii N Australia (Kimberley region to n N Territory and Melville I.)
• P.r.regina Cape York Pen. to s New S Wales and islands in Torres Strait

[edit] Habitat

Lowland rainforests and monsoon forests.

[edit] Behaviour

Clutch is a single white egg; Incubation is 16-18 days; juveniles fledge within 12 days.

The diet consists mainly of various fruits, palms and vines.

[edit] References

1. 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.

[edit] External Links

• View more images of this species on the ABID
• View more images of this species on Orientalbirdimages