fruit dove

English

A beautiful fruit dove (Ptilinopus pulchellus)

Alternative forms

• fruit-dove

Noun

fruit dove (plural fruit doves)

1. Any bird of the genus Ptilinopus, in the pigeon and dove family Columbidae.

   Synonym: fruit pigeon

   Fruit doves are colorful, frugivorous (fruit-eating) doves found in forests and woodlands throughout Southeast Asia and Oceania. The genus comprises about 50 species, some threatened or already extinct.

Derived terms

bird called fruit dove

• atoll fruit dove (Ptilinopus coralensis)
• banded fruit dove (Ptilinopus cinctus)
• beautiful fruit dove (Ptilinopus pulchellus)
• black-chinned fruit dove (Ptilinopus leclancheri)
• black-naped fruit dove (Ptilinopus melanospilus)
• blue-capped fruit dove (Ptilinopus monacha)
• carunculated fruit dove (Ptilinopus granulifrons)
• claret-breasted fruit dove (Ptilinopus viridis)
• coroneted fruit dove (Ptilinopus coronulatus)
• cream-breasted fruit dove (Ptilinopus merrilli)
• crimson-capped fruit dove (Ptilinopus pulchellus)
• crimson-crowned fruit dove (Ptilinopus pulchellus, Ptilinopus porphyraceus)
• dwarf fruit dove (Ptilinopus nanus)
• ebon purple-capped fruit dove (Ptilinopus porphyraceus marshallianus)
• flame-breasted fruit dove (Ptilinopus marchei)
• Fischer's fruit dove (Ptilinopus fischeri)
• golden fruit dove (Ptilinopus luteovirens)
• grey-green fruit dove (Ptilinopus purpuratus)
• grey-headed fruit dove (Ptilinopus hyogaster, Ptilinopus hyogastrus)
• Jambu fruit dove (Ptilinopus jambu)
• knob-billed fruit dove (Ptilinopus insolitus)
• lilac-crowned fruit dove (Ptilinopus rarotongensis)
• magnificent fruit dove (=wompoo fruit dove)
• Makatea fruit dove (Ptilinopus chalcurus)
• many-coloured fruit dove (Ptilinopus perousii)
• Mariana fruit dove (Ptilinopus roseicapilla)
• maroon-chinned fruit dove (Ptilinopus subgularis)
• Mauke fruit dove (†Ptilinopus rarotongensis "byronensis") - extinct
• moustached fruit dove (=red-moustached fruit dove) - extinct
• Negros fruit dove (Ptilinopus arcanus)
• orange-bellied fruit dove (Ptilinopus iozonus)
• orange-fronted fruit dove (Ptilinopus aurantiifrons)
• orange fruit dove (Ptilinopus victor)
• ornate fruit dove (Ptilinopus ornatus)
• Palau fruit dove (Ptilinopus pelewensis)
• pink-headed fruit dove (Ptilinopus porphyreus)
• pink-spotted fruit dove (Ptilinopus perlatus)
• Rapa fruit dove (Ptilinopus huttoni)
• red-bellied fruit dove (Ptilinopus greyii)
• red-eared fruit dove (Ptilinopus fischeri)
• red-moustached fruit dove (†Ptilinopus mercierii) - extinct
• red-naped fruit dove (Ptilinopus dohertyi)
• rose-crowned fruit dove (Ptilinopus regina)
• scarlet-breasted fruit dove (Ptilinopus bernsteinii)
• scarlet-capped fruit dove (Ptilinopus insularis)
• silver-capped fruit dove (Ptilinopus richardsii)
• superb fruit dove (Ptilinopus superbus)
• Tanna fruit dove (Ptilinopus tannensis)
• Tubuai fruit dove (†Ptilinopus sp.) - extinct
• Wallace's fruit dove (Ptilinopus wallacii)
• whistling fruit dove (Ptilinopus layardi)
• white-bibbed fruit dove (Ptilinopus rivoli)
• white-capped fruit dove (Ptilinopus dupetithouarsii)
• white-headed fruit dove (Ptilinopus eugeniae)
• wompoo fruit dove (Ptilinopus magnificus)
• yellow-bibbed fruit dove (Ptilinopus solomonensis)
• yellow-breasted fruit dove (Ptilinopus occipitalis)

Translations

dove in the genus Ptilinopus

• Catalan: tilinop m
• Esperanto: fruktokolombo, ptilinopo
• Finnish: hedelmäkyyhky
• French: ptilope (fr) m
• German: Flaumfußtaube f, (includes other genera) Fruchttaube f
• Italian: please add this translation if you can
• Polish: owocożer m

Further reading

• fruit dove on Wikipedia.Wikipedia