Pigeons and Doves (Columbidae)
Many-coloured Fruit-dove (Ptilinopus perousii) - HBW 4, p. 211
French: Ptilope de La Pérouse
German: Perousefruchttaube
Spanish: Tilopo Multicolor
Other common names: Rainbow/Nutmeg/Painted Dove
Taxonomy: Ptilinopus perousii Peale, 1848, Upolu, Samoa.
A distinctive species, notable for its striking sexual dichromatism; considered by some authorities to form a subgroup with P. superbus within the large P. purpuratus species-group; alternative opinion allies present species with P. purpuratus group, but does not consider it closely related to P. superbus. Two subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- perousii Peale, 1848 - Samoa.
- mariae Jacquinot & Pucheran, 1853 - Fiji and Tonga.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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Several shots of an adult male incubating. Locality Vuna Farm, Taveuni, Fiji (ssp mariae)
Josep del Hoyo 24 August 2012 28 weeks ago 43 sec 4.8 -
A female preening the underparts while incubating in the nest. Locality Vuna Farm, Taveuni, Fiji (ssp mariae)
Josep del Hoyo 24 August 2012 28 weeks ago 38 sec 4.5 -
A close-up of a female incubating and preening. Locality Vuna Farm, Taveuni, Fiji (ssp mariae)
Josep del Hoyo 24 August 2012 28 weeks ago 42 sec 4.3 -
A male perched in a tree, singing three times. Locality Nausori Highlands, Viti Levu, Fiji (ssp mariae)
Josep del Hoyo 21 August 2012 28 weeks ago 58 sec 4.3 -
An adult male perched in a tree, preening, turning around and singing, and finally flying away. Locality Nausori Highlands, Viti Levu, Fiji (ssp mariae)
Josep del Hoyo 21 August 2012 28 weeks ago 31 sec 4 -
Two shots of a female changing perch and looking around. Locality Nausori Highlands, Viti Levu, Fiji (ssp mariae)
Josep del Hoyo 21 August 2012 28 weeks ago 21 sec 3.5
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Adult male in fruit-tree.
Locality Matei, Taveuni, Fiji (ssp mariae)
Tom Tarrant 9 June 2008 4 years ago 4 -
Adult male near farm-house.
Locality Taveuni, Fiji (ssp mariae)
Tom Tarrant 7 June 2008 4 years ago 4 -
A close-up of a male incubating.
Locality Vuna Farm, Taveuni, Fiji (ssp mariae)
Josep del Hoyo 24 August 2012 28 weeks ago 3.8 -
A close-up of a female incubating.
Locality Vuna Farm, Taveuni, Fiji (ssp mariae)
Josep del Hoyo 24 August 2012 28 weeks ago 3.8 -
A male perched in a tree.
Locality Nausori Highlands, Viti Levu, Fiji (ssp mariae)
Josep del Hoyo 21 August 2012 28 weeks ago 2.6
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Calls by two birds. Locality Vuna Farm, Taveuni, Fiji
(ssp mariae)
Josep del Hoyo 24 August 2012 28 weeks ago 4 -
A male singing three times. Locality Nausori Highlands, Viti Levu, Fiji
(ssp mariae)
Josep del Hoyo 21 August 2012 28 weeks ago 4 -
A male in a tree giving different variations of song. Locality Nausori Highlands, Viti Levu, Fiji
(ssp mariae)
Josep del Hoyo 21 August 2012 28 weeks ago 4 -
A bird singing. Locality Nausori Highlands, Viti Levu, Fiji
(ssp mariae)
Josep del Hoyo 21 August 2012 28 weeks ago 4
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