Alternative name: Gestroi's Fruit Dove
- Ptilinopus ornatus
Identification
25cm
- Dark purple hood
- Pale grey throat and collar
- Dark bronzy brown breast with golden colour on upper breast
- Green upperparts, wings with dark purple patch on shoulder and silver-grey patch below
- Golden green scapulars with pale grey centres creating spotted effect
- Dark green tail with yellow terminal band
- gestroi with mustard yellow hood
Sexes similar.
Similar species
Pink-spotted Fruit Dove has more extensive grey throat and collar, less extensive golden colour on upper breast, paler bronzy brown breast and pink spots on wings.
Distribution
Endemic to New Guinea.
Little known but common or even abundant in many places.
Taxonomy
Two subspecies recognized:
- P. o. ornatus in northwestern New Guinea (Arfak Mountains and coastal Vogelkop)
- P. o. gestroi in New Guinea (west to Cyclops Mountains and Onin Peninsula)
Habitat
Moist lowland forests and montanes.
Occurs mainly at 200-1350 m, but locally also lower or higher. Pink-spotted Fruit Dove is mostly found in forest-edge habitats in the lowlands.
Behaviour
Diet
Feeds on fruit, mainly figs. Forages often in flocks of 50 or more birds and associates with other species at fruiting trees.
Breeding
Nesting reported in October. One nest was placed in a dense tangel 3 m above the ground in a tree. Obviously a solitary nester.
Movements
Presumably a nomadic species.
References
- Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, B.L. Sullivan, C. L. Wood, and D. Roberson. 2013. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: Version 6.8., with updates to August 2013. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
- Del Hoyo, J, A Elliot, and J Sargatal, eds. 1997. Handbook of the Birds of the World. Volume 4: Sandgrouse to Cuckoos. Barcelona: Lynx Edicions. ISBN 978-8487334221
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Ornate Fruit Dove. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 23 April 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Ornate_Fruit_Dove
