Beautiful Fruit Dove (Ptilinopus pulchellus)
About the Beautiful Fruit Dove
The beautiful fruit dove (Ptilinopus pulchellus), also known as the rose-fronted pigeon or crimson-capped fruit dove, is a small, approximately 19 cm (7+1⁄2 in) long, mainly green fruit dove. It has a red crown, whitish throat, a greenish-yellow bill and purplish-red feet. It has a blue-grey breast and yellowish orange belly, with a reddish purple patch in between. Both sexes are similar. The beautiful fruit dove is distributed in rainforests of New Guinea and the islands of Batanta, Waigeo, Salawati and Misool in West Papua, Indonesia, primarily in flat terrain. The female usually lays a single white egg.
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We only publish recordings we may use commercially, because this site is supported by ads. xeno-canto lists 21 recordings for this species: 4 CC BY-NC-ND · 2 CC BY-NC-SA. None of them permits commercial use, so there is no player here — the page is kept as a profile so the bird is not missing from the guide.
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Listed as recorded in Indonesia, Papua New Guinea in the xeno-canto catalogue.
Related species you can hear
- Banded Fruit DovePtilinopus cinctusrecording
- Black-naped Fruit DovePtilinopus melanospilusrecording
- Sula Fruit DovePtilinopus mangoliensisrecording
This species has no recording here yet — these relatives do, so you can hear what the family sounds like.