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Rose-crowned Fruit Dove (Ptilinopus regina)

Rose-crowned Fruit Dove
Photo: Bjørn Christian Tørrissen via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0 — free for commercial reuse.

About the Rose-crowned Fruit Dove

The rose-crowned fruit dove (Ptilinopus regina), also known as pink-capped fruit dove or Swainson's fruit dove, is a medium-sized fruit dove that is found in parts of southern Indonesia, northern Australia and eastern Australia. The rose-crowned fruit dove was formally described in 1825 by the English naturalist William Swainson. He considered his specimens as a variant of the grey-green fruit dove (Ptilinopus purpuratus) and specified the scientific name as Ptilinopus purpuratus var. Regina. The type locality is New South Wales. Five subspecies are recognised: P. r. flavicollis Bonaparte, 1855 – Flores, Savu, Rote, Semau and west Timor (central Lesser Sunda Islands) P. r. roseipileum Hartert, EJO, 1904 – east Timor, Wetar, Romang, Kisar, Leti and Moa (east Lesser Sunda Islands)

Source: Rose-crowned fruit dove on Wikipedia, CC BY-SA
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We only publish recordings we may use commercially, because this site is supported by ads. xeno-canto lists 34 recordings for this species: 11 CC BY-NC-ND · 10 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 Australia, Indonesia in the xeno-canto catalogue.

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