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| − | [[Image:Superb_Fruit_Dove.jpg|thumb|450px|right|Male<br />Photo by Hans & Judy Beste<br />Julatten, Nth. Queensland, [[Australia]]]] | + | [[Image:Superb_Fruit_Dove.jpg|thumb|450px|right|Male<br />Photo by '''[http://www.birdforum.net/member.php?u=49168 Hans&Judy Beste]'''<br />Julatten, Nth. [[Queensland]], [[Australia]], c1985]] |
;[[:Category:Ptilinopus|Ptilinopus]] superbus | ;[[:Category:Ptilinopus|Ptilinopus]] superbus | ||
==Identification== | ==Identification== | ||
| − | 24cm. | + | 24cm. <br /> |
| + | 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.<br /> | ||
| + | Female - green, grey breast and white underparts. There is a smallish purple patch on the crown.<br /> | ||
| + | Young birds resemble females but lack the purple crown patch. | ||
==Distribution== | ==Distribution== | ||
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[[Australia]], north-eastern [[Queensland]] to north-eastern [[New South Wales]], [[New Guinea]], [[Solomon Islands]], the [[Philippines]] and [[Sulawesi]]. | [[Australia]], north-eastern [[Queensland]] to north-eastern [[New South Wales]], [[New Guinea]], [[Solomon Islands]], the [[Philippines]] and [[Sulawesi]]. | ||
==Taxonomy== | ==Taxonomy== | ||
| + | [[Image:Superb_Fruit_DoveJE.jpg|thumb|350px|right|Photo by {{user|James+Eaton|James Eaton}}<br />Polang, Banngai Archipelago, [[Indonesia]], January 2010]] | ||
====Subspecies==== | ====Subspecies==== | ||
There are 2 subspecies<sup>[[#References|[1]]]</sup>: | There are 2 subspecies<sup>[[#References|[1]]]</sup>: | ||
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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 24 April 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Superb_Fruit_Dove
