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Fruit dove species profiles: distribution, husbandry and breeding
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Fruit dove species at a glance: distribution, husbandry and breeding
The fruit-dove species profiles combine zoological background with practical husbandry and breeding experience. Each profile explains taxonomy, natural range, habitat, identifying features, diet and behaviour.
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Alectroenas (1)
Madagascar blue pigeon
Alectroenas madagascariensis
Madagascar blue pigeon (Alectroenas madagascariensis) occurs in eastern Madagascar. It is mainly associated with primary rainforests and dense secondary forests of…
Ducula (19)
Blue-tailed imperial pigeon
Ducula concinna
Blue-tailed imperial pigeon (Ducula concinna) occurs in Moluccas, Aru Islands. It is mainly associated with lowland forests, secondary forest and wooded cultivated…
Spectacled imperial pigeon
Ducula perspicillata
Spectacled imperial pigeon (Ducula perspicillata) occurs in Moluccas. It is mainly associated with tropical humid lowland forests as well as strongly degraded forme…
Green imperial pigeon (clove form)
Ducula aenea ssp.
Green imperial pigeon (clove form) (Ducula aenea ssp.) occurs in India to the Philippines and the Sunda Islands; exact origin unknown. These birds are often still l…
Green imperial pigeon
Ducula aenea
Green imperial pigeon (Ducula aenea) occurs in Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, Java, Lesser Sunda Islands, Borneo, Philippines. It is mainly associated with tropical lowl…
Celebes pied imperial pigeon
Ducula luctuosa
Celebes pied imperial pigeon (Ducula luctuosa) occurs in Sulawesi, Moluccas. It is mainly associated with open woodland, secondary forests, mangroves and agricultur…
Mountain imperial pigeon
Ducula badia
Mountain imperial pigeon (Ducula badia) occurs in India to southern China and western Java. It is mainly associated with foothill and montane forests, mostly at ele…
Banded imperial pigeon
Ducula zoeae
Banded imperial pigeon (Ducula zoeae) occurs in New Guinea. It is mainly associated with primary lowland rainforest and hill forests below 1,000 metres elevation. T…
Grey-necked imperial pigeon
Ducula carola
Grey-necked imperial pigeon (Ducula carola) occurs in Philippines. It is mainly associated with primary montane and lowland rainforests, often near river courses. T…
Pink-headed imperial pigeon
Ducula rosacea
Pink-headed imperial pigeon (Ducula rosacea) occurs in Sumatra, Java, Sulawesi, small Sunda Islands, Timor. It is mainly associated with monsoon forests, coastal sc…
Torresian imperial pigeon
Ducula spilorrhoa
Torresian imperial pigeon (Ducula spilorrhoa) occurs in New Guinea, Aru Islands and Torres Strait Islands, north-eastern Australia. It is mainly associated with coa…
Pickering's imperial pigeon
Ducula pickeringii
Pickering's imperial pigeon (Ducula pickeringii) occurs in several small island groups between Borneo, Sulawesi and the Philippines. It is mainly associated with dr…
Purple-tailed imperial pigeon
Ducula rufigaster
Purple-tailed imperial pigeon (Ducula rufigaster) occurs in New Guinea. It is mainly associated with dense, humid primary lowland forests, rarely above 600 m elevat…
Pinon imperial pigeon
Ducula pinon
Pinon imperial pigeon (Ducula pinon) occurs in New Guinea, offshore islands. It is mainly associated with lowland rainforests, swamp forests, forest edges and dense…
Red-knobbed imperial pigeon
Ducula rubricera
Red-knobbed imperial pigeon (Ducula rubricera) occurs in Bismarck Archipelago, Solomon Islands. It is mainly associated with lowland rainforests, foothill forests a…
Chestnut-naped imperial pigeon
Ducula aenea paulina
Chestnut-naped imperial pigeon (Ducula aenea paulina) occurs in Sulawesi. It is mainly associated with tropical lowland rainforests as well as coastal woodland and…
Collared imperial pigeon
Ducula mullerii
Collared imperial pigeon (Ducula mullerii) occurs in western and southern New Guinea, Aru Islands and Torres Strait Islands. It is mainly associated with riverine s…
Pacific imperial pigeon
Ducula pacifica
Pacific imperial pigeon (Ducula pacifica) occurs in Wigi-Islands (Moluccas); Raja Ampat Islands, Biak, Numfor, Meos Num (New Guinea offshore). It is mainly associat…
White-bellied imperial pigeon
Ducula forsteni
White-bellied imperial pigeon (Ducula forsteni) occurs in Sulawesi. It is mainly associated with hill and mountain forests, preferably at elevations between 200 and…
Pied imperial pigeon
Ducula bicolor
Pied imperial pigeon (Ducula bicolor) occurs in Myanmar and Thailand to Philippines and New Guinea. It is mainly associated with coastal forests, mangroves, coconut…
Gymnophaps (1)
Papuan mountain pigeon
Gymnophaps albertisii
Papuan mountain pigeon (Gymnophaps albertisii) occurs in New Guinea, Bismarck Islands, Bacan (Moluccas). It is mainly associated with mountain forests, dense rainfo…
Megaloprepia (1)
Wompoo fruit dove
Megaloprepia magnifica
Wompoo fruit dove (Megaloprepia magnifica) occurs in New Guinea, eastern Australia. It is mainly associated with tropical and subtropical primary rainforests as wel…
Phapitreron (1)
White-eared brown dove
Phapitreron leucotis
White-eared brown dove (Phapitreron leucotis) occurs in Philippines. It is mainly associated with dense forests, secondary growth and wooded agricultural zones in t…
Ptilinopus (12)
Orange-fronted fruit dove
Ptilinopus aurantiifrons
Orange-fronted fruit dove (Ptilinopus aurantiifrons) occurs in coastal regions of New Guinea except the north-eastern part; Yapen, Raja Ampat and Aru Islands. It is…
Red-bellied fruit dove
Ptilinopus greyii
Red-bellied fruit dove (Ptilinopus greyii) occurs in New Guinea, Île des Pins and the Loyalty Islands. It is mainly associated with humid tropical forests, monsoon…
Jambu fruit dove
Ptilinopus jambu
Jambu fruit dove (Ptilinopus jambu) occurs in Malay Peninsula, Borneo, Sumatra, West Java. It is mainly associated with coastal forests, mangroves, wetlands and cul…
Orange-bellied fruit dove
Ptilinopus iozonus
Orange-bellied fruit dove (Ptilinopus iozonus) occurs in New Guinea, Raja Ampat and Aru Islands, Yapen. It is mainly associated with lowland rainforests, swamp fore…
Pink-spotted fruit dove
Ptilinopus perlatus
Pink-spotted fruit dove (Ptilinopus perlatus) occurs in New Guinea and offshore islands. It is mainly associated with lowland and coastal forests, secondary forests…
Superb fruit dove
Ptilinopus superbus
Superb fruit dove (Ptilinopus superbus) occurs in Sulawesi, southern Moluccas, Aru Islands, New Guinea, Bismarck Archipelago, Solomon Islands, north-eastern Austral…
Pink-headed fruit dove
Ptilinopus porphyreus
Pink-headed fruit dove (Ptilinopus porphyreus) occurs in Sumatra, Java and Bali. It is mainly associated with tropical mountain forests, cloud forests and humid tra…
Mariana fruit dove
Ptilinopus roseicapilla
Mariana fruit dove (Ptilinopus roseicapilla) occurs in southern Mariana Islands (Saipan, Tinian, Agiguan, Guam). It is mainly associated with coastal thickets, mang…
Ornate fruit dove
Ptilinopus ornatus
Ornate fruit dove (Ptilinopus ornatus) occurs in New Guinea. It is mainly associated with subtropical and tropical mountain forests as well as humid cloud forests…
Black-naped fruit dove
Ptilinopus melanospilus
Black-naped fruit dove (Ptilinopus melanospilus) occurs in Greater and Lesser Sunda Islands, Sulawesi, Philippines. It is mainly associated with tropical humid fore…
Lilac-capped fruit dove
Ptilinopus coronulatus
Lilac-capped fruit dove (Ptilinopus coronulatus) occurs in lowland areas New Guinea, Salawati, Yapen, Aru Islands. It is mainly associated with lowland wet forests…
Wallace's fruit dove
Ptilinopus wallacii
Wallace's fruit dove (Ptilinopus wallacii) occurs in southern Moluccas, Tanimbar- and Aru Islands, south-western New Guinea. It is mainly associated with tropical h…
Ramphiculus (3)
Flame-breasted fruit dove
Ramphiculus marchei
Flame-breasted fruit dove (Ramphiculus marchei) occurs in Luzon (Philippines). It is mainly associated with primary lowland rainforests as well as dense cloud and f…
Yellow-breasted fruit dove
Ramphiculus occipitalis
Yellow-breasted fruit dove (Ramphiculus occipitalis) occurs in Philippines excluding Palawan. It is mainly associated with tropical lowland rainforests, hill forest…
Black-chinned fruit dove
Ramphiculus leclancheri
Black-chinned fruit dove (Ramphiculus leclancheri) occurs in Philippines, Taiwan. It is mainly associated with lowland rainforests, forest edges, secondary forests…
Treron (4)
Pink-necked green pigeon
Treron vernans
Pink-necked green pigeon (Treron vernans) occurs in Thailand, southern Indochina, Malay Peninsula, western Indonesia, Philippines. It is mainly associated with humi…
Thick-billed green pigeon
Treron curvirostra
Thick-billed green pigeon (Treron curvirostra) occurs in Nepal, north-eastern India, Burma, southern China, Hainan, Indochina, Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, Borneo, wes…
African green pigeon
Treron calvus
African green pigeon (Treron calvus) occurs in Africa south of the Sahara excluding the desert regions of south-west Africa. It is mainly associated with wooded sav…
Bruce's green pigeon
Treron waalia
Bruce's green pigeon (Treron waalia) occurs in Senegal to Somalia and Kenya, southern Arabian Peninsula. It is mainly associated with dry savannas, dense gallery fo…
What information is included in each species profile?
Individual pages bring together common and scientific names, taxonomy, distribution, habitat, size and identifying features, along with practical notes on feeding, housing and breeding.
- English, German, Dutch and scientific species names
- natural distribution, habitat and identifying characteristics
- experience with diet, aviary husbandry, nesting and offspring
- project status, population context and image documentation
