Red-bellied Fruit-Dove (Ptilinopus greyi)

Other Names (World)
Red-bellied Fruit-Dove, Grey's Fruit-dove, Gray's Fruit-dove(!), Red-bellied Fruit Dove

Family
Columbidae (Pigeons, Doves)

Size
21 - 24 cm

First Described (Guide)
Bonaparte, 1857

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical lowland moist forest, usually in the denser parts of the canopy, degraded forests and moist savanna.

Range (Guide)

New Caledonia (B), Solomon Islands, Vanuatu.

Ndai I (Gower) in central-eastern Solomons south through Santa Cruz Is, Banks Group (Reef Is) and Vanuatu to Loyalty Is, New Caledonia and I of Pines.

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
A loud resonant cooing 'coo-coo-coo-coocoocoocoocoo', increasing in speed.

Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (9)...)

Red-bellied Fruit Dove (Ptilinopus greyi) [XC40152]
by Patrik \u00c5berg from Ouvea, New Caledonia, France (song)

Red-bellied Fruit Dove (Ptilinopus greyi) [XC40156]
by Dominik Maximili\u00e1n Ram\u00edk from Ouvea, New Caledonia, France (song)

Subspecies
Placed within the large Grey-green Fruit-dove (Ptilinopus purpuratus) species-group. Often considered particularly close to Silver-capped Fruit-Dove (Ptilinopus richardsii). Has also been linked with Tongan Fruit-dove (Ptilinopus porphyraceus) and Palau Fruit-dove (Ptilinopus pelewensis).

No subspecies.

References
See References.

Files:

JPG files for Red-bellied Fruit-Dove (Ptilinopus greyi) - 10 files

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