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Wompoo Fruit-Dove

(Ptilinopus magnificus)
Alternate name(s): "Magnificent Fruit-pigeon", "Purple-breasted Pigeon", "Plum-breasted Pigeon", "Bubbly Mary", "Bubbly Jock", "Wompoo Pigeon"
Aboriginal name(s): "(gidjuhny) mamugany" [bundjalung]; "bagamu" [ngadjon]

Size: 38-48 cm
Weight: 400-500 g
Description     Classification     Distribution     Sightings     Photos     Breeding     Nest     Eggs     Behaviour     Food     Call/s

Physical description

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Taxonomy, classification

See Wompoo Fruit-Dove at Wikipedia .

Range, habitat, finding this species

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Sightings

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Photos

Race "magnificus"

ADULT

Sex unknown

Frontal view of a Wompoo Fruit-Dove (photo courtesy of E. Scott)
[Roseberry Creek Valley, near Toonumbar NP, northern NSW, October 2016]

Frontal/ventral view of an adult Wompoo Fruit-Dove; note the much bluer front of this bird compared to others shown on this page (photo courtesy of B. Hensen)
[Copeland, NSW, February 2013]

Frontal/ventral view of a preening Wompoo Fruit-Dove (photo courtesy of M. Mearns)

Frontal view of a Wompoo Fruit-Dove looking sideways (photo courtesy of M. Eaton)
[Mount Mee, QLD, May 2020]

Near-frontal/ventral view of a Wompoo Fruit-Dove having a good stretch (photo courtesy of M. Eaton)
[Ravensbourne NP, QLD, May 2017]

Near-lateral/ventral view of a Wompoo Fruit-Dove
[Mt. Tamborine NP, QLD, May 2014]

Lateral/ventral view of a Wompoo Fruit-Dove (photo courtesy of M. Mearns)
[Ravensbourne NP, QLD, February 2016]

Lateral view of a Wompoo Fruit-Dove (photo courtesy of E. Scott)
[Roseberry Creek Valley, near Toonumbar NP, northern NSW, October 2016]

Lateral view of a preening Wompoo Fruit-Dove (photo courtesy of B. Hensen)
[Copeland, NSW, February 2013]

Dorsal view of a Wompoo Fruit-Dove (photo courtesy of E. Scott)
[Roseberry Creek Valley, near Toonumbar NP, northern NSW, June 2016]

Race "keri"

ADULT

PAIR

Pair of Wompoo Fruit-Doves (photo courtesy of A. Lee)
[East Russell, near Cairns, QLD, July 2016]

Sex unknown

Frontal view of an adult Wompoo Fruit-Dove (photo courtesy of B. Hensen)
[Julatten, QLD, July 2013]

Breeding information

Breeding season: July - Mar Eggs: 1 Incubation period: 12 - 14 days Fledging age: ?

Nest building: ? Incubation: Female & male Dependent care: Female & male

Nest

"bungobittah", "lar", "malunna", "jindi" [bundjalung] = nest [Aboriginal]

Type: Rudimentary basket Material: Sticks, twigs Height above ground: 5 - 20 m

Wompoo Fruit-Dove on its nest (photo courtesy of E. Scott)
[Toonumbar NP, NSW, August 2018]

Eggs

"boyanga", "booyanga", "derinya", "dirandil", "koomura", "mirk", "ngampu", "nooluk", "pateena", "pum-pum" = Egg; "dirundirri" = eggs [Aboriginal]; "gawu" = eggs [gamilaraay]

Size: 42 x 28 mm Colour: White Shape: Oval

Food, Diet

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

Call(s)/Song

For this species we have recorded the following call(s)/song. The interpretation of their meaning is our own; comments and suggestions for improvement are welcome.

Doves and pigeons do not, like other birds, open their bills when calling, but they rather "hum" through their noses, with the bill closed.

wompoo_art_20150420.m4a magnificus
(SE QLD)
Contact call © ART
wompoo_20150328.m4a magnificus
(NE NSW)
Q&A © MD
wompoo_20150328_2.m4a magnificus
(NE NSW)
Q&A © MD
wompoo_20160314_4.m4a magnificus
(S QLD)
Q&A © MD
 
wompoo_me_20200927_1.m4a keri
(N QLD)
Contact call © ME
wompoo_me_20200927_2.m4a keri
(N QLD)
Contact call © ME
wompoo_me_20200927.m4a keri
(N QLD)
Contact calls (in bkgd of Chowchilla) © ME

More Wompoo Fruit-Dove sound recordings are available at xeno-canto.org .

These pages are largely based on our own observations and those of our contributors. The structure of these bird pages is explained HERE. For more salient facts on any bird species please refer to a field guide.

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