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ForestPlatform nestMedium · 93 g
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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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When to see the Palau Fruit Dove
One bar for each month, and every month is filled: this bird is recorded here in all twelve. The wide bar is May, the month with the most records.
Where to see the Palau Fruit Dove
The map shades 1 country with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.
About the Palau Fruit Dove
The Palau fruit dove is a species of bird in the family Columbidae. It is endemic to Palau and it is also Palau's national bird.
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Easily confused with
Black-naped Fruit DovePtilinopus melanospilusThe black-naped fruit dove, also known as the black-headed fruit dove, is a medium-sized, up to 24 cm (9.4 in) long, green fruit dove with yellowish bill and iris.
Orange-bellied Fruit DovePtilinopus iozonusThe orange-bellied fruit dove is a small pigeon with mainly green plumage, distinguished by a large orange patch on the lower breast and belly, a small lilac shoulder patch, pale yellow undertail coverts, and a grey terminal band on the tail.
White-bibbed Fruit DovePtilinopus rivoliPtilinopus rivoli can reach a body length of 23.5 to 26 centimeters.
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