Wompoo Fruit Dove (Megaloprepia magnifica) | Photos and ID

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ForestPlatform nestMedium · 185 g

Wompoo Fruit Dove (Megaloprepia magnifica), photo 5 — Photo: No machine-readable author provided. Ltshears assumed (based on copyright claims). · Public domain

Wompoo Fruit Dove (Megaloprepia magnifica), photo 10 — Photo: (c) Sam Stainsby, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

ID tip

The wompoo fruit dove measures up to 45 cm (18 in) in overall length, but is generally far smaller in northern regions. It has purple plumage around its neck, chest and upper belly. Its lower belly is yellow and it has green underparts. The sexes are similar and the juveniles have a duller and greener plumage compared to adults. Notwithstanding their bright plumage, they are hard to see amongst the forest canopy, thanks to their unobtrusive, quiet habits. Their call sounds like wollack-wa-hoo and often sounds very human.

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When to see the Wompoo Fruit Dove

One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 11 months with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is October, the month with the most records.

Where to see the Wompoo Fruit Dove

Regular range

The map shades 3 countries with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.

Australia Papua New Guinea Indonesia

About the Wompoo Fruit Dove

The wompoo fruit dove, also known as wompoo pigeon and "magnificent fruit dove" among others, is one of the larger fruit doves native to New Guinea and eastern Australia.

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Easily confused with

Scarlet-breasted Fruit DoveMegaloprepia formosaThe scarlet-breasted fruit dove is a small or medium-sized bird, measuring 29 centimetres (11 in) in length.

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