Oberholser's Fruit Dove - BirdForum Opus

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Photo by James Eaton
Dumoga Bone NP, Sulawesi, Indonesia, September 2004

Alternative name: Maroon-chinned Fruit Dove

Ptilinopus epius

Ptilinopus epia

Identification

• head grey
• throat patch maroon
• bill bright yellow
• upper parts bright green
• belly patch golden
• under tail coverts chestnut-rufous
• under tail grey

Distribution

Sulawesi endemic. South East Asia: Indonesia: Greater Sundas.

Taxonomy

This is a monotypic species.
It was formerly included in Maroon-chinned Fruit Dove, together with Sula Fruit Dove and Banggai Fruit Dove. Clements/ebird uses the pre-split name Maroon-chinned Fruit Dove for this form.

Habitat

Lowland forest

References

1. Clements, JF. 2011. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to August 2011. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019. Spreadsheet available at http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/downloadable-clements-checklist
2. Gill, F and D Donsker (Eds). 2011. IOC World Bird Names (version 2.10). Available at http://www.worldbirdnames.org/.
3. Birdforum thread discussing the taxonomy of Maroon-chinned Fruit Dove

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Recommended Citation

• BirdForum Opus contributors. (2025) Oberholser's Fruit Dove. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 2 May 2025 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Oberholser%27s_Fruit_Dove

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