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The white-headed fruit dove is a small, plump, and short-tailed species of fruit dove, with a length of 18–22 cm (7.1–8.7 in). The entire head and upper throat are snowy white, while the back of the neck is white with a pale yellow tinge. The rest of the upperparts are mainly olive green, with the neck, mantle and scapulars having a coppery luster and the wing being darker green with a bluish gloss. The marginal coverts are pale grey and form a well-defined shoulder patch and there are also small grey spots on the covert feathers and tertiary feathers.
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When to see the White-headed 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 March, the month with the most records.
Where to see the White-headed Fruit Dove
The map shades 1 country with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.
About the White-headed Fruit Dove
The white-headed fruit dove is a species of bird in the pigeon family Columbidae. It was described by the English ornithologist John Gould in 1856, and the specific name eugeniae honours the French empress Eugénie de Montijo. Adults of the species have white heads, a purplish-red breast patch, a grey shoulder patch, olive-green upperparts, greenish underparts with a blue tinge, and a yellowish vent. Juveniles have green heads with the white restricted to the forehead and upper throat, a much smaller grey shoulder patch, and the red breast patch restricted to the centre of the breast.
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Easily confused with
Atoll Fruit DovePtilinopus coralensisThe atoll fruit dove is a species of bird in the family Columbidae.
Makatea Fruit DovePtilinopus chalcurusThe average length of the Makatea fruit dove is 20 cm tall (8 inches).
Henderson Fruit DovePtilinopus insularisThe Henderson Fruit Dove ranges from 20–25 cm (7.9–9.8 in) in size.
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