How big is a Beautiful Fruit Dove?

The Beautiful Fruit Dove is a medium sized bird weighing about 70 g.

Where can you see a Beautiful Fruit Dove?

The Beautiful Fruit Dove occurs in 2 countries, including Papua New Guinea and Indonesia.

What birds look similar to a Beautiful Fruit Dove?

The Beautiful Fruit Dove is most easily confused with the Red-bellied Fruit Dove, the Banded Fruit Dove and the Claret-breasted Fruit Dove.

Is the Beautiful Fruit Dove endangered?

The Beautiful Fruit Dove is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List.

Beautiful Fruit Dove

Ptilinopus pulchellus

Doves and Pigeons · Columbiformes · Rare

The Beautiful Fruit Dove (Ptilinopus pulchellus) is a rare doves and pigeon found in 2 countries, weighing about 70 g. The beautiful fruit dove, also known as the rose-fronted pigeon or crimson-capped fruit dove, is a small, approximately 19 cm long, mainly green fruit dove.

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Beautiful Fruit Dove (Ptilinopus pulchellus), photo 1 — Photo: Ltshears - Trisha M Shears · Public domain

Beautiful Fruit Dove (Ptilinopus pulchellus), photo 2 — Photo: Arjan Haverkamp · CC BY 2.0

Beautiful Fruit Dove (Ptilinopus pulchellus), photo 3 — Photo: frank wouters · CC BY 2.0

Beautiful Fruit Dove (Ptilinopus pulchellus), photo 4 — Photo: Arjan Haverkamp · CC BY 2.0

Beautiful Fruit Dove (Ptilinopus pulchellus), photo 5 — Photo: Arjan Haverkamp · CC BY 2.0

Beautiful Fruit Dove (Ptilinopus pulchellus), photo 6 — Photo: Arjan Haverkamp · CC BY 2.0

Beautiful Fruit Dove (Ptilinopus pulchellus), photo 7 — Photo: Ltshears - Trisha M Shears · Public domain

Beautiful Fruit Dove (Ptilinopus pulchellus), photo 8 — Photo: No machine-readable author provided. Ltshears assumed (based on copyright claims). · Public domain

Beautiful Fruit Dove (Ptilinopus pulchellus), photo 9 — Photo: Ltshears · Public domain

Beautiful Fruit Dove (Ptilinopus pulchellus), photo 10 — Photo: No machine-readable author provided. Ltshears assumed (based on copyright claims). · Public domain

About the Beautiful Fruit Dove

The beautiful fruit dove, also known as the rose-fronted pigeon or crimson-capped fruit dove, is a small, approximately 19 cm 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.

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Where it lives

Papua New Guinea Indonesia

When to see it

Best months: January, June, July, August, September, October, November, with peak activity in August. It is a variable species across most of its range.

Easily confused with

Quick questions

What does a Beautiful Fruit Dove look like?: The beautiful fruit dove, also known as the rose-fronted pigeon or crimson-capped fruit dove, is a small, approximately 19 cm long, mainly green fruit dove.
How big is a Beautiful Fruit Dove?: The Beautiful Fruit Dove is a medium sized bird weighing about 70 g.
Where can you see a Beautiful Fruit Dove?: The Beautiful Fruit Dove occurs in 2 countries, including Papua New Guinea and Indonesia.
What birds look similar to a Beautiful Fruit Dove?: The Beautiful Fruit Dove is most easily confused with the Red-bellied Fruit Dove, the Banded Fruit Dove and the Claret-breasted Fruit Dove.
Is the Beautiful Fruit Dove endangered?: The Beautiful Fruit Dove is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List.

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