Details
CRIMSON-CROWNED FRUIT DOVE (Ptilinopus porphyraceus) – Fijian Fruit Dove, and in this dove both sexes have a similar plumage. This makes identification in field problematic, but fortunately they have very different calls which readily distinguish them, and the Crimson-crowned Fruit Dove is restricted to Fiji’s smaller and some medium-sized islands.
Fact Card
COMMON NAME: Crimson Crowned Fruit Dove
SCIENTIFIC NAME: Ptilinopus porphyraceus
TYPE: Breeder
RECORDED SIGHTINGS: Lau – Rotuma
GROUP NAME: KINGDOM – Animalia / PHYLUM – Chordata / CLASS – Aves
ORDER – Columbiformes / FAMILY – Columbidae / GENUS – Ptilinopus
Video: Crimson Crowned Fruit Dove
Audio: Crimson Crowned Fruit Dove
IUCN Red List Status
Fijian Commemorative Postage Stamp
References
- Crimson-crowned fruit dove. (2023, August 21). In Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crimson-crowned_fruit_dove
- IUCN (2016, October 1). Tongan Fruit-dove. IUCN Red List. Retrieved September 13, 2023, from https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/22728066/94969789
- [Josep del Hoyo]. (2012, September 1). Crimson-crowned Fruit-Dove (Tongan) Ptilinopus porphyraceus porphyraceus [Audio]. Macaulay Library. https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/203911061
- [Josep del Hoyo]. (2012, September 5). Crimson-crowned Fruit-Dove (Tongan) Ptilinopus porphyraceus porphyraceus [Video]. Macaulay Library. https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/201441411
Additional Sources of Information
- NatureFiji-MareqetiViti is Fiji’s only domestic NGO working solely for the conservation and sustainable management of Fiji’s unique natural heritage – https://naturefiji.org/
Author: Fiji Journal
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