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.

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) [XC531818]
by Marc Anderson from Weda, Central Halmahera, North Maluku, Indonesia (song)

Grey-headed Fruit Dove (Ptilinopus hyogastrus) [XC533657]
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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