Beautiful Fruit Dove (Ptilinopus pulchellus) [XC821993]
by Marc Anderson from Torricelli Mountains (near Selep), Nuku District, Sandaun Province, Papua New Guinea (song)
Beautiful Fruit Dove (Ptilinopus pulchellus) [XC268365]
by Frank Lambert from Kwatu Lodge (clearing location), Ketu River (Elevala River tributary), Western Province, Papua New Guinea (song)
Subspecies
Has affinities with the large Grey-green Fruit-dove (Ptilinopus purpuratus) species-group. Considered to be most closely allied to Coroneted Fruit-dove (Ptilinopus coronulatus). Subspecies hardly differ and doubtfully valid.
The following 2 subspecies are recognised:
pulchellus (Temminck, 1835) - Western Papuan Is and New Guinea (except north-central).
decorus (Madarász, 1910) - Northern New Guinea from eastern shore of Geelvink Bay east to Astrolabe Bay.