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==Identification== | ==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. | |
| − | 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. | ||
==Distribution== | ==Distribution== | ||
| − | [[Australia]], | + | [[Australia]], Lesser Sunda Islands and Maluku Islands of [[Indonesia]] |
==Taxonomy== | ==Taxonomy== | ||
Revision as of 07:33, 28 February 2008
- Ptilinopus regina
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.
Distribution
Australia, Lesser Sunda Islands and Maluku Islands of Indonesia
Taxonomy
Habitat
Lowland rainforests and monsoon forests.
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.
