Fact Card
COMMON NAME: ORANGE DOVE
SCIENTIFIC NAME: Ptilinopus victor
TYPE: Breeder
DIET: Small fruits, Berries, Caterpillars and Insects
RECORDED SIGHTINGS: Vanua Levu – Taveuni
GROUP NAME: KINGDOM – Animalia / PHYLUM – Chordata / CLASS – Aves
ORDER – Columbiformes / FAMILY – Columbidae / GENUS – Chrysoena
Video: Orange Dove
Audio: Orange Dove
IUCN Red List Status
Additional Photographs
Fijian Commemorative Postage Stamp
References
- ICUN (2016, October 1). Orange Dove. ICUN Red LIst. Retrieved September 10, 2023, from https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/22691573/93316970
- [Phil Gregory]. (2015, August 15). Orange Dove Ptilinopus victor [Video]. Macaulay Library. https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/203983841
- [Josep del Hoyo]. (2012, August 24). Orange Dove Ptilinopus victor [Video]. Macaulay Library. https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/201430041
- Orange fruit dove. (2023, January 31). In Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orange_fruit_dove
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/
