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Male
Photo by Hans&Judy Beste
Julatten, Nth. Queensland, Australia, c1985

Ptilinopus superbus

Identification

Photo by James Eaton
Polang, Banngai Archipelago, Indonesia, January 2010

21-24cm (8¼-9½ in)
Male

Purple crown
Orange hindneck
Bluish-black breastband separating the grey upper breast from white underparts
Remainder of body is green
Green tail with grey tips
Yellow eyes and eyerings

Female

Green overall plumage
Grey breast and white underparts
Smallish purple patch on 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

Female
Photo by Hans&Judy Beste
Julatten, North Queensland, Australia

There are 2 subspecies^[1]:

P.s.temminckii:

Sulawesi and Sula Islands

P.s.superbus:

Moluccas to Bismarck Archipelago, Solomon Islands and north-eastern Australia

Habitat

They can be found in a variety of forest types, including mangroves and forest edges and more open areas with scattered trees.

Behaviour

Arboreal.

Diet

Their diet consists of fruit, particularly 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/

List of references

Recommended Citation

BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Superb Fruit Dove. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 25 April 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Superb_Fruit_Dove

External Links

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 [[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
 ==Identification==
-cm. <br />
+[[Image:Superb_Fruit_DoveJE.jpg|thumb|350px|right|Photo by {{user|James+Eaton|James Eaton}}<br />Polang, Banngai Archipelago, [[Indonesia]], January 2010]]
-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 />
+-24cm (8¼-9½ in) <br />
-Female - green,  grey breast and white underparts. There is a smallish purple patch on the crown.<br />
+'''Male'''
+*Purple crown
+*Orange hindneck
+*Bluish-black breastband separating the grey upper breast from white underparts
+*Remainder of body is green
+*Green tail with grey tips
+*Yellow eyes and eyerings<br />
+'''Female'''
+*Green overall plumage
+*Grey breast and white underparts
+*Smallish purple patch on crown.<br />
 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==
-[[Image:Superb_Fruit_DoveJE.jpg|thumb|350px|right|Photo by {{user|James+Eaton|James Eaton}}<br />Polang, Banngai Archipelago, [[Indonesia]], January 2010]]
 ====Subspecies====
+[[Image:Superb-Fruit-Dove-fem-A6677W.jpg|thumb|350px|right|Female<br />Photo by '''[http://www.birdforum.net/member.php?u=49168 Hans&Judy Beste]'''<br />Julatten, North [[Queensland]], [[Australia]]]]
 There are 2 subspecies<sup>[[#References|[1]]]</sup>:
-*P.s.temminckii		[[Sulawesi]] and Sula Islands
+*''P.s.temminckii'':
-*P.s.superbus		Moluccas to Bismarck Arch., [[Solomon Islands]] and ne [[Australia]]
+[[Sulawesi]] and Sula Islands
+*''P.s.superbus'':
+:[[Moluccas]] to Bismarck Archipelago, [[Solomon Islands]] and north-eastern [[Australia]]
 ==Habitat==
-Rainforests, rainforest margins, mangroves, and wooded stream-margins.
+They can be found in a variety of forest types, including mangroves and forest edges and more open areas with scattered trees.
 ==Behaviour==
 Arboreal.
 ====Diet====
-The diet includes fruit, especially figs, and berries.
+Their diet consists of fruit, particularly 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.
+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==