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Superb Fruit Dove
Ptilinopus superbus(Temminck, 1809)
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- Order
- COLUMBIFORMES
- Family
- Columbidae
- Genus
- Ptilinopus
At a glance
The Superb Fruit Dove is a medium-sized bird, about 22–24 cm long, native to Australia. It can be seen year-round.
- Size
- 22–24 cm
- Origin
- Native
- Best seen
- Year-round
- Commonness
- Very common
01 · Identification
How to tell it apart
What does a Superb Fruit Dove look like?
The Superb Fruit Dove is a medium-sized bird, about 22–24 cm long and weighing 76–144 g.
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
03 · When
When to look
When can you see a Superb Fruit Dove?
The Superb Fruit Dove is present across its Australian range year-round, so it can be seen in any month.
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04 · Voice
What it sounds like
Call
jimchurches · Julatten QLD 4871, Australia
05 · Behaviour
Habits and haunts
What does a Superb Fruit Dove eat?
The Superb Fruit Dove feeds on fruit, usually foraging alone.
06 · Gallery
Plumage up close
6 photos
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