Orange-fronted Fruit-dove (Ptilinopus aurantiifrons)

Other Names (World)
Orange-fronted Fruit-Dove, Golden-fronted Fruit-dove, Yellow-fronted Fruit-pigeon, Orange-fronted Fruit Dove

Family
Columbidae (Pigeons, Doves)

Size
23 cm

First Described (Guide)
Gray, 1858

Range (Guide)

Indonesia, Papua New Guinea.

Western Papuan Is (Misool, Batanta, Salawati), Yapen and Aru Is through coastal New Guinea (except north-east, from Madang to Huon Gulf) to D'Entrecasteaux Is.

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 soft 'hoo' series of medium-low pitch.

Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (10)...)

Orange-fronted Fruit Dove (Ptilinopus aurantiifrons) [XC140422]
by Bas van Balen from Amamapare, Freeport, Papua, Indonesia (song)

Orange-fronted Fruit Dove (Ptilinopus aurantiifrons) [XC557728]
by Bas van Balen from Lake Warangai, East Sepik Province, Papua New Guinea (song)

Subspecies
Generally placed in a species-group with Pink-spotted Fruit-dove (Ptilinopus perlatus), Western Ornate Fruit-dove (Ptilinopus ornatus), Tanna Fruit-dove (Ptilinopus tannensis), Wallace's Fruit-dove (Ptilinopus wallacii) and, according to some authorities, Superb Fruit-Dove (Ptilinopus superbus).

No subspecies.

References
See References.

Files:

JPG files for Orange-fronted Fruit-dove (Ptilinopus aurantiifrons) - 10 files

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