Beautiful Fruit Dove

Ptilinopus pulchellus

Least Concern · IUCN Red List

LCLeast ConcernFruitForestPlatform nestMedium · 70 g

When to see the Beautiful Fruit Dove

One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 7 months with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is August, the month with the most records.

Where to see the Beautiful Fruit Dove

Regular range

The map shades 2 countries with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.

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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