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Superb Fruit-Dove

(Ptilinopus superbus)
Alternate name(s): "Purple-crowned Fruit-Dove", "Purple-crowned Pigeon", "Superb Fruit Pigeon"
Size: 22-24 cm
Weight: 110-120 g
Description     Classification     Distribution     Sightings     Photos     Breeding     Nest     Eggs     Behaviour     Food     Call/s

Physical description

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Taxonomy, classification

See Superb Fruit-Dove at Wikipedia .

Range, habitat, finding this species

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Sightings

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Photos

ADULT

MALE

Close-up frontal view of a male Superb Fruit-Dove in captivity (photo courtesy of M. Eaton)

FEMALE

Close-up frontal view of a female Superb Fruit-Dove in captivity (photo courtesy of M. Eaton)

PAIR

Close-up frontal view of a pair of Superb Fruit-Doves in captivity (photo courtesy of M. Eaton)

IMMATURE/JUVENILE

Frontal view of an immature male Superb Fruit-Dove (photo courtesy of M. Eaton)
[Tinchi Tamba Wetlands, Brisbane, QLD, June 2020]

Near-frontal view of an immature male Superb Fruit-Dove (photo courtesy of M. Eaton)
[Tinchi Tamba Wetlands, Brisbane, QLD, June 2020]

Near-lateral view of an immature male Superb Fruit-Dove (photo courtesy of M. Eaton)
[Tinchi Tamba Wetlands, Brisbane, QLD, June 2020]

Near-lateral view of an immature male Superb Fruit-Dove (photo courtesy of M. Eaton)
[Tinchi Tamba Wetlands, Brisbane, QLD, June 2020]

Lateral view of an immature male Superb Fruit-Dove (photo courtesy of M. Eaton)
[Tinchi Tamba Wetlands, Brisbane, QLD, May 2020]

Near-dorsal view of an immature male Superb Fruit-Dove (photo courtesy of M. Eaton)
[Tinchi Tamba Wetlands, Brisbane, QLD, June 2020]

Dorsal view of an immature male Superb Fruit-Dove (photo courtesy of M. Eaton)
[Tinchi Tamba Wetlands, Brisbane, QLD, June 2020]

Food, Diet

All pigeons and doves are strictly vegetarian. Superb Fruit-Doves are fruit-eaters.

Immature male Superb Fruit-Dove taking a native fig (photo courtesy of M. Eaton)
[Tinchi Tamba Wetlands, Brisbane, QLD, June 2020]

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