Cream-breasted Fruit Dove

Ramphiculus merrilli

Near Threatened · IUCN Red List

NTNear ThreatenedEndemicFruitForestMedium · 263 g

When to see the Cream-breasted Fruit Dove

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Where to see the Cream-breasted Fruit Dove

Regular range

The map shades 1 country with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.

About the Cream-breasted Fruit Dove

The cream-breasted fruit dove or cream-bellied fruit dove is a species of bird in the family Columbidae. It is a large and primarily greenish dove with a distinctive red wing patch and cream coloured breast which it was named after. It is endemic to the Philippines found only on the islands of Luzon, Catanduanes and Polillo Islands. Its natural habitat is tropical moist lowland to montane forests of up to 1,300 masl. It is threatened by habitat loss and trapping for the pet trade. This species was formerly placed in the genus Ptilinopus.

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