Orange-bellied Fruit-dove (Ptilinopus iozonus)

Family
Columbidae (Pigeons, Doves)

Size
20 - 22 cm

First Described (Guide)
Gray, 1858

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical lowland moist forest, dry forest, mangroves, moist savanna, rural gardens. From sea-level - 1,000 m.

Range (Guide)

Indonesia, Papua New Guinea.

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Food
Mainly figs.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (23)...)

Orange-bellied Fruit Dove (Ptilinopus iozonus) [XC152525]
by Frank Lambert from Kwatu Lodge, Ketu River (Elevala River tributary), Western Province, Papua New Guinea (call)

Orange-bellied Fruit Dove (Ptilinopus iozonus) [XC142000]
by Ross Gallardy from Tangguh, West Papua, Indonesia (song)

Nest
A platform of sticks high in a tree.

Subspecies
Forms a superspecies with Knob-billed Fruit-dove (Ptilinopus insolitus) and these two form a species-group with Grey-headed Fruit-dove (Ptilinopus hyogastrus) and Carunculated Fruit-dove (Ptilinopus granulifrons), and perhaps also Black-naped Fruit-dove (Ptilinopus melanospilus) and Dwarf Fruit-dove (Ptilinopus nainus).

The following 5 subspecies are recognised:

iozonus Gray, 1858 - Aru Is.
humeralis Wallace, 1862 - Western Papuan Is and western New Guinea from Vogelkop eastern along southern coast to R Fly.
iobiensis Schlegel, 1873 - Yapen I and northern New Guinea from R Memberamo to Astrolabe Bay (including islands of Manam, Tarawai, Karkar and Kariru).
pseudohumeralis Rand, 1938 - Upper R Fly, around junction of R Palmer and along R Black.
finschi Mayr, 1931 - Huon Peninsula and R Fly to south-eastern New Guinea.

References
See References.

Files:

JPG files for Orange-bellied Fruit-dove (Ptilinopus iozonus) - 10 files

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