Pink-spotted Fruit-dove (Ptilinopus perlatus)

Other Names (World)
Pink-spotted Fruit-Dove, Pink-spotted Fruit-pigeon, Pink-spotted Fruit Dove

Family
Columbidae (Pigeons, Doves)

Size
26 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Temminck, 1835)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical moist lowland forest. From sea-level - 1,220 m.

Range (Guide)

Indonesia, Papua New Guinea.

Rarity Status
Currently this species is not classified as a rarity in this country OR information has not been updated.

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
A low-pitched 'hoo'.

Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (11)...)

Pink-spotted Fruit Dove (Ptilinopus perlatus) [XC597325]
by Marc Anderson from Varirata NP picnic site, Kairuku-Hiri, Central Province, Papua New Guinea (call, song)

Pink-spotted Fruit Dove (Ptilinopus perlatus) [XC631359]
by Marc Anderson from near Marandan Weser, Batanta, Indonesia (song)

Subspecies
Very closely related to extensively sympatric Western Ornate Fruit-dove (Ptilinopus ornatus), although the two species tend to be ecologically separated. Other members of species-group are Tanna Fruit-dove (Ptilinopus tannensis), Orange-fronted Fruit-dove (Ptilinopus aurantiifrons), Wallace's Fruit-dove (Ptilinopus wallacii) and, in some accounts, Superb Fruit-Dove (Ptilinopus superbus).

The following 3 subspecies are recognised:

perlatus (Temminck, 1835) - Western Papuan Is (Waigeo, Salawati), north-western New Guinea (east to R Memberamo and Triton Bay) and Yapen.
plumbeicollis Meyer, AB, 1890 - North-eastern New Guinea from Astrolabe Bay to Huon Gulf.
zonurus Salvadori, 1876 - Aru Is and southern New Guinea (along coast from base of Snow Mts) to Fergusson I and Goodenough I.

References
See References.

Files:

JPG files for Pink-spotted Fruit-dove (Ptilinopus perlatus) - 10 files

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