Palau Fruit Dove vs Superb Fruit Dove

Palau Fruit Dove

Ptilinopus pelewensis

Medium93 gForest

The Palau fruit dove is 23 to 25 cm (9.1–9.8 in) long and weighs around 93 g (3.3 oz). The species has a grey head, neck and breast with a purple cap and yellow line. There is an orange band across the lower breast and belly and olive-green back, wings and tail. Both sexes are alike. Juvenile birds resemble the adults but lack the purple cap, the green upperparts are lined with yellow and the belly is yellow.

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Photo: Lin Scott · CC BY 4.0

Superb Fruit Dove

Ptilinopus superbus

Medium118 gForest

It is sexually dimorphic. Males are superbly coloured with a fiery orange nape, green ears, and a purple crown. The breast is grey, and divided from the abdomen by a wide, dark blue band. Their wings are olive green covered with dark spots, and the tail is tipped with white. Females are mostly green, with a white abdomen, blue wing tips, light blue breast, and a small, dark blue spot on the back of the head. Both sexes have yellow eyes and eye-rings. Despite its colourful plumage, the superb fruit dove is well-camouflaged amongst the rainforest foliage.

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Photo: Kosol Nou · CC BY 3.0

Photos and recordings are credited to their authors under the licence shown. Full profiles: Palau Fruit Dove and Superb Fruit Dove.