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Cloven-feathered Dove

Ptilinopus holosericea

Least Concern · IUCN Red List

LCLeast ConcernFruitForest
Cloven-feathered Dove (Ptilinopus holosericea), photo 1
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Cloven-feathered Dove (Ptilinopus holosericea), photo 2
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Cloven-feathered Dove (Ptilinopus holosericea), photo 3
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Cloven-feathered Dove (Ptilinopus holosericea), photo 4
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Cloven-feathered Dove (Ptilinopus holosericea), photo 5
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ID tip

It is a medium-sized dove, with the males at 32 cm long and 220 g weight slightly larger than the 28 cm, 160 g females. It has short wings, with an unusual feature in the primary feathers being notched at the tip, from which the species' English name is derived. The tail is also very short. It is largely green; males have a yellow-green belly and bright lemon-yellow undertail, while in females, the belly is green and yellow restricted to the undertail.

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When to see the Cloven-feathered Dove

One bar for each month, and every month is filled: this bird is recorded here in all twelve. The wide bar is October, the month with the most records.

Where to see the Cloven-feathered Dove

Regular rangeRare visitor

The map shades 29 countries with regular records, and 14 more in a lighter tone where the bird turns up only as a stray. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.

Australia Indonesia Papua New Guinea Philippines Palau Fiji Vanuatu Northern Mariana Islands Solomon Islands French Polynesia Samoa Timor-Leste Malaysia Singapore Taiwan Micronesia New Caledonia American Samoa ZZ Cook Islands Tonga Pitcairn Islands Niue Thailand Hong Kong SAR China Wallis & Futuna Guam Seychelles Brunei

Recorded as a rare visitor in United States, Germany, France, United Kingdom, Canada, India, Japan, New Zealand, Denmark, Myanmar (Burma), NF, Suriname, Tokelau, Venezuela.

About the Cloven-feathered Dove

The cloven-feathered dove is a species of bird in the family Columbidae. The cloven-feathered dove is endemic to New Caledonia where it is found in forest and Melaleuca savanna at altitudes up to 1,000 m (3,300 ft). This species was formerly placed in the monotypic genus Drepanoptila.

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Easily confused with

Rapa Fruit DovePtilinopus huttoniThe Rapa fruit dove is a species of bird in the family Columbidae, which includes pigeons and doves. Kosrae Fruit DovePtilinopus hernsheimiThe Kosrae fruit dove, is a species of bird in the family Columbidae found on Kosrae in the Micronesian Islands. Henderson Fruit Dove (Ptilinopus insularis) Henderson Fruit DovePtilinopus insularisThe Henderson Fruit Dove ranges from 20–25 cm (7.9–9.8 in) in size.

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