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Species
Least ConcernSuperb Fruit Dove
species
Observations390
via IUCN
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Ptilinopus
- Mass
- 117
- Image
- Ptilinopus superbus -Taronga Zoo, Sydney, Australia -female-8a.jpg
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- taxon rank
- species
- IUCN conservation status
- Least Concern
- Commons category
- Ptilinopus superbus
- taxon name
- Ptilinopus superbus
- taxon common name
- pombo-frugívoro-pintado
- litter size
- 1
- egg incubation period
- 14
- diel cycle
- diurnality
- short name
- P. superbus
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Encyclopedic overview
Male at Iron Range NP, Queensland. The superb fruit dove (Ptilinopus superbus), also known as the purple-crowned fruit dove (leading to easy confusion with the purple-capped fruit dove), is a medium-sized (22–24 cm long), colourful fruit-dove in the family Columbidae.
Description
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Superb Fruit Dove” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.