Orange-bellied Fruit-Dove
Ptilinopus iozonus
The common, small fruit-dove of more open wooded areas in the lowlands and foothills. Stocky, short-tailed and mainly green. Gathers in large groups in the canopy of fruiting fig trees. Similar to female White-breasted and Claret-breasted Fruit-Doves but Orange-bellied Fruit-Dove has an orange central belly, pale eye and lacks the yellow stripe between the bill and eye of White-breasted. Common call, a series of accelerating, upslurred “wuup” notes.
Taxonomy
- Scientific name
- Ptilinopus iozonus
- Authority
- Gray, GR, 1858
- Order
- Columbiformes
- Family
- Columbidae
- Genus
- Ptilinopus
Range and habitat
The dove is found in New Guinea, the Aru Islands and western Papuan islands where it inhabits lowland rainforest, secondary forest and mangroves. It has been recorded from Boigu Island, Queensland, Australian territory in northern Torres Strait.
- Migration
- Resident species
Behavior
The dove eats the fruit from forest trees, mainly figs.<p>The dove lays a single egg on a platform of small sticks high in a forest tree.
Conservation
- Population trend
- stable
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Distribution
Bird Calls
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