Grey-headed Fruit-dove (Ptilinopus hyogastrus)

Other Scientific Names
Ptilinopus hyogastra [Sibley and Monroe (1990, 1993)]

Other Names (World)
Grey-headed Fruit-Dove, Gray-headed Fruit-Dove, Purple-bellied Fruit-dove, Grey-headed Fruit Dove

Family
Columbidae (Pigeons, Doves)

Size
24 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Temminck, 1824)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical moist lowland forest. From sea-level - 1,000 m.

Range (Guide)

Indonesia.

Northern Moluccas, on Morotai, Halmahera, Ternate, Tidore, Kasiruta and Bacan.

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 'who-huu'.

Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (5)...)

Grey-headed Fruit Dove (Ptilinopus hyogastrus) [XC531817]
by Marc Anderson from Weda, Central Halmahera, North Maluku, Indonesia (song)

Grey-headed Fruit Dove (Ptilinopus hyogastrus) [XC531818]
by Marc Anderson from Weda, Central Halmahera, North Maluku, Indonesia (song)

Subspecies
Forms a superspecies with Carunculated Fruit-dove (Ptilinopus granulifrons) and these two form a species-group with Orange-bellied Fruit-Dove (Ptilinopus iozonus) and Knob-billed Fruit-dove (Ptilinopus insolitus), and perhaps also Black-naped Fruit-dove (Ptilinopus melanospilus) and Dwarf Fruit-dove (Ptilinopus nainus). Species name often erroneously given as hyogastra, but maintenance of original gender is unjustified.

No subspecies.

References
See References.

Files:

JPG files for Grey-headed Fruit-dove (Ptilinopus hyogastrus) - 10 files

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