How do you identify a Many-colored Fruit Dove?

It is a small dove, 23 cm (9.1 in) in length. Full identification notes are on this page.

How big is a Many-colored Fruit Dove?

The Many-colored Fruit Dove is a medium sized bird weighing about 94 g.

Where can you see a Many-colored Fruit Dove?

The Many-colored Fruit Dove occurs in 4 countries, including Fiji, Samoa, American Samoa and Tonga.

What birds look similar to a Many-colored Fruit Dove?

The Many-colored Fruit Dove is most easily confused with the Black-banded Fruit Dove, the Dwarf Fruit Dove and the Golden Dove.

Is the Many-colored Fruit Dove endangered?

The Many-colored Fruit Dove is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List.

Many-colored Fruit Dove

Ptilinopus perousii

Doves and Pigeons · Columbiformes · Rare

The Many-colored Fruit Dove (Ptilinopus perousii) is a rare doves and pigeon found in 4 countries, weighing about 94 g. The many-colored fruit dove, also known as manuma in the Samoan language, is a species of bird in the family Columbidae.

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Many-colored Fruit Dove (Ptilinopus perousii), photo 1 — Photo: Nathan Ruser · http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Many-colored Fruit Dove (Ptilinopus perousii), photo 2 — Photo: Ben Hayden · http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Many-colored Fruit Dove (Ptilinopus perousii), photo 3 — Photo: Ben Hayden · http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Many-colored Fruit Dove (Ptilinopus perousii), photo 4 — Photo: Hartlaub Finsch · Public domain

Many-colored Fruit Dove (Ptilinopus perousii), photo 5 — Photo: Finsch, O; Hartlaub, Gustav · Public domain

Many-colored Fruit Dove (Ptilinopus perousii), photo 6 — Photo: (c) Ben Hayden, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

Many-colored Fruit Dove (Ptilinopus perousii), photo 7 — Photo: (c) Nathan Ruser, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

About the Many-colored Fruit Dove

The many-colored fruit dove, also known as manuma in the Samoan language, is a species of bird in the family Columbidae. It occurs on islands in the south-west Pacific Ocean where it is found in Fiji, the Samoan Islands, and Tonga. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests. Today, the birds are most often found in Fiji and Tonga. It usually feeds high in the canopy on fruit and berries, especially banyan fig. The nest is a small platform of twigs where one white egg is laid.

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How to identify it

It is a small dove, 23 cm (9.1 in) in length. Adults weigh in at 90 g (3.2 oz). The male is mostly pale yellow-white with a red crown and red bar across the back. The female is mostly green, darker on the back and greyer on the head and breast. Her crown is red while the undertail-coverts are red in Samoan birds and yellow in birds from Fiji and Tonga. Male Ptilinopus perousii perousii is pale on the bottom and yellow on top. There is also a crimson band and corona. The female is said to resemble the purple-capped fruit dove; however, there is no yellow band.

Where it lives

Fiji Samoa American Samoa Tonga

When to see it

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

Easily confused with

Quick questions

How do you identify a Many-colored Fruit Dove?: It is a small dove, 23 cm (9.1 in) in length. Full identification notes are on this page.
How big is a Many-colored Fruit Dove?: The Many-colored Fruit Dove is a medium sized bird weighing about 94 g.
Where can you see a Many-colored Fruit Dove?: The Many-colored Fruit Dove occurs in 4 countries, including Fiji, Samoa, American Samoa and Tonga.
What birds look similar to a Many-colored Fruit Dove?: The Many-colored Fruit Dove is most easily confused with the Black-banded Fruit Dove, the Dwarf Fruit Dove and the Golden Dove.
Is the Many-colored Fruit Dove endangered?: The Many-colored Fruit Dove is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List.

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