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Beautiful Fruit Dove
Ptilinopus pulchellus
Beautiful Fruit Dove (Ptilinopus pulchellus) — Pigeons & Doves of Australia & Oceania.
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The Beautiful Fruit Dove (Ptilinopus pulchellus) is a member of the Columbidae family found in Australia & Oceania. Adults weigh 70 g. The IUCN Red List lists it as Least Concern.
Conservation status
IUCN Red List (opens in a new tab)Widespread and abundant — not currently at risk.
Where it fits
- Class Aves
- Order Columbiformes
- Family Columbidae Pigeons, Doves
- Genus Ptilinopus
- Species pulchellus
Quick facts
- Weight
- 70 g
- Diet
- Fruit-eaters
- Family
- Columbidae
- Order
- Columbiformes
- Habitat
- Woodland
How to identify
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Biology & behaviour
Diet
The Beautiful Fruit Dove is a frugivore — it feeds mainly on fruit.
Behaviour
A bird of semi-open forest, it spends much of its time perched in trees and shrubs.
Migration
The Beautiful Fruit Dove is largely sedentary, staying within its range year-round rather than making regular long-distance migrations.
The Beautiful Fruit Dove (Ptilinopus pulchellus) is a species of bird in the Columbidae family, part of the order Columbiformes. It is found across Australia & Oceania. Its distribution covers AU Raja Ampat Is. (nw of New Guinea) and New Guinea.
It is a medium-sized bird. Adults weighs around 70 g, with a wing length of about 10.6 cm and a tail of around 5.9 cm.
The IUCN Red List currently assesses it as Least Concern. That category covers species that remain widespread and reasonably abundant in the wild.
The species has a mapped global range of roughly 339,000 km².
Songs & calls
Frequently asked questions
How big is the Beautiful Fruit Dove?
The Beautiful Fruit Dove is a medium-sized bird that weighs around 70 g.
Where does the Beautiful Fruit Dove live?
The Beautiful Fruit Dove is found across Australia & Oceania with a range covering AU Raja Ampat Is. (nw of New Guinea) and New Guinea, where it is typically found in wooded and forested habitats.
What family does the Beautiful Fruit Dove belong to?
The Beautiful Fruit Dove (Ptilinopus pulchellus) belongs to the Columbidae family, in the order Columbiformes.
What does the Beautiful Fruit Dove eat?
The Beautiful Fruit Dove is a frugivore — it feeds mainly on fruit.
Does the Beautiful Fruit Dove migrate?
The Beautiful Fruit Dove is largely sedentary, staying within its range year-round rather than making regular long-distance migrations.
Is the Beautiful Fruit Dove endangered?
The IUCN Red List currently assesses it as Least Concern That category covers species that remain widespread and reasonably abundant in the wild.
What sound does the Beautiful Fruit Dove make?
1 real field recording of the Beautiful Fruit Dove — including its song — can be played in the Songs & calls section on this page, credited to the recordist who captured it.
How large is the Beautiful Fruit Dove's range?
The Beautiful Fruit Dove has a mapped global range of about 339,000 km².
Conservation
Every bird benefits from bird-safe windows, native plants, and keeping cats indoors. Small changes at home add up to real protection.
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Guides for this bird
Meet the Columbidae
A field guide to the Columbidae family — 352 species in the Birbs encyclopedia, with the best-known members to start with.