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Wompoo Fruit-DoveAlternate name(s): "Magnificent Fruit-pigeon", "Purple-breasted Pigeon", "Plum-breasted Pigeon", "Bubbly Mary", "Bubbly Jock", "Wompoo Pigeon" ![]() Size: 38-48 cm Weight: 400-500 g |
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Photos |
Race "magnificus"
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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"
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ADULT |
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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]
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Breeding information |
Breeding season: July - Mar | Eggs: 1 | Incubation period: 12 - 14 days | Fledging age: ? |
Nest building: ? | Incubation: Female & male | Dependent care: Female & male |
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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]
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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 |
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Food, Diet |
All pigeons and doves are strictly vegetarian. Wompoo Fruit-Doves are fruit-eaters.
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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
.