Scarlet-breasted Fruit Dove (Megaloprepia formosa) | Photos and ID

LCLeast ConcernEndemicFruit

ForestPlatform nestMedium · 119 g

Scarlet-breasted Fruit Dove (Megaloprepia formosa), photo 1 — Photo: (c) Fadzrun, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Fadzrun · cc-by

Scarlet-breasted Fruit Dove (Megaloprepia formosa), photo 2 — Photo: Jason Alexander · CC BY 4.0

Scarlet-breasted Fruit Dove (Megaloprepia formosa), photo 3 — Photo: Jason Alexander · CC BY 4.0

Scarlet-breasted Fruit Dove (Megaloprepia formosa), photo 4 — Photo: Fadzrun · CC BY 4.0

Scarlet-breasted Fruit Dove (Megaloprepia formosa), photo 5 — Photo: Fadzrun · CC BY 4.0

Scarlet-breasted Fruit Dove (Megaloprepia formosa), photo 6 — Photo: Jason Alexander · CC BY 4.0

Scarlet-breasted Fruit Dove (Megaloprepia formosa), photo 9 — Photo: (c) Jason Alexander, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

ID tip

The scarlet-breasted fruit dove is a small or medium-sized bird, measuring 29 centimetres (11 in) in length. It has a grey head which has a green wash. The rest of the upperparts and breast are bright green in colour. The male is patched with bright scarlet, at the middle of the lower breast. It has an orange-yellow belly, and chestnut undertail coverts. The underwing coverts are also orange-yellow.

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When to see the Scarlet-breasted Fruit Dove

One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 9 months with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is November, the month with the most records.

Where to see the Scarlet-breasted Fruit Dove

Regular range

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

Indonesia

About the Scarlet-breasted Fruit Dove

The scarlet-breasted fruit dove is a species of bird in the family Columbidae. It is endemic to Indonesia, where it occurs in the northern Moluccas. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests. It is rated as a species of least concern on the International Union for Conservation of Nature Red List of Endangered Species. In 1863 Hermann Schlegel named the new species for one of his collectors, Heinrich Agathon Bernstein.

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Easily confused with

Wompoo Fruit DoveMegaloprepia magnificaThe wompoo fruit dove measures up to 45 cm (18 in) in overall length, but is generally far smaller in northern regions.

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