Orange-bellied fruit dove

Ptilinopus iozonus

The orange-bellied fruit dove is a small pigeon with mainly green plumage, distinguished by a large orange patch on the lower breast and belly, a small lilac shoulder patch, pale yellow undertail coverts, and a grey terminal band on the tail.
Orange-bellied fruit dove, Nimbokrang, Papua Very distant shot with a lot of backlight. Australia (continent),Geotagged,Indonesia,New Guinea,Nimbokrang,Orange-bellied fruit dove,Papua,Papua 2023,Ptilinopus iozonus,Spring,West Papua,Western New Guinea

Naming

* P. i. humeralis – Wallace, 1862:
⤷  P. i. jobiensis – Schlegel, 1873:
⤷  P. i. pseudohumeralis – Rand, 1938:
⤷  P. i. finschi – Mayr, 1931:
⤷  P. i. iozonus – Gray, 1858:
Orange-bellied fruit dove couple, Nimbokrang, Papua  Australia (continent),Geotagged,Indonesia,New Guinea,Nimbokrang,Orange-bellied fruit dove,Papua,Papua 2023,Ptilinopus iozonus,Spring,West Papua,Western New Guinea

Distribution

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.

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.

Reproduction

The dove lays a single egg on a platform of small sticks high in a forest tree.

Food

The dove eats the fruit from forest trees, mainly figs.

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Status: Least concern
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Taxonomy
KingdomAnimalia
DivisionChordata
ClassAves
OrderColumbiformes
FamilyColumbidae
GenusPtilinopus
SpeciesP. iozonus
Photographed in
Indonesia