Superb Fruit Dove
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BirdUp · Species

Superb Fruit Dove

Ptilinopus superbus(Temminck, 1809)

Native
Order
COLUMBIFORMES
Commonness
Very common
Best seen
Year-round

01 · Identification

How to tell it apart

The superb fruit dove, also known as the purple-crowned fruit dove, is a medium-sized, colourful fruit-dove in the family Columbidae.

Description · wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0

02 · Where

Where to find it

Breeding range
Sulawesi to east Australia, Bismarck Arch. and east-central Solomon Is.

03 · When

When to look

Months this species is recorded across its Australian range.

  1. Jan
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05 · Behaviour

Habits and haunts

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