Wallace's Fruit-dove (Ptilinopus wallacii)

Other Names (World)
Wallace's Fruit-Dove, Golden-shouldered Fruit-dove, Crimson-capped Fruit-dove, Wallace's Green Fruit-dove, Wallace's Fruit-pigeon, Wallace's Fruit Dove

Family
Columbidae (Pigeons, Doves)

Size
24 - 28 cm

First Described (Guide)
Gray, 1858

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical moist lowland forest, dry savanna. From sea-level - 250 m.

Range (Guide)

Indonesia.

Southern Moluccas (Banda, Kur, Manggur, Taam, Komeer, Bacer, Kai), eastern Lesser Sundas (Babar, Tanimbar) and Aru Is to south-western New Guinea (R Mimika to R Noord).

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
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (8)...)

Wallace's Fruit Dove (Ptilinopus wallacii) [XC122219]
by id from Tanimbar Islands: Site 3 Yamdena, Maluku, Indonesia (song)

Wallace's Fruit Dove (Ptilinopus wallacii) [XC69317]
by Frank Lambert from Kai Besar, Indonesia (song)

Subspecies
Placed in a species-group with Pink-spotted Fruit-dove (Ptilinopus perlatus), Western Ornate Fruit-dove (Ptilinopus ornatus), Tanna Fruit-dove (Ptilinopus tannensis), Orange-fronted Fruit-dove (Ptilinopus aurantiifrons) and, in some accounts, Superb Fruit-Dove (Ptilinopus superbus).

No subspecies.

References
See References.

Files:

JPG files for Wallaces Fruit-dove (Ptilinopus wallacii) - 10 files

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