Pigeons and Doves (Columbidae)
Superb Fruit-dove (Ptilinopus superbus) - HBW 4, p. 210
French: Ptilope superbe
German: Prachtfruchttaube
Spanish: Tilopo Soberbio
Other common names: Purple-capped(!)/Purple-crowned Fruit-dove, Purple-crowned Pigeon, Superb Fruit-pigeon
Taxonomy: Columba Superba Temminck, 1810, Halmahera.
Affinities uncertain; considered by some to be most closely related to P. perousii, and allied to the large P. purpuratus species-group; alternative treatment places present species with the species-group that includes P. perlatus, P. ornatus, P. tannensis, P. aurantiifrons and P. wallacii. Two subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- temminckii (Des Murs & Prévost, 1849) - Sulawesi and Sulu Is.
- superbus (Temminck, 1810) - Moluccas, W Papuan Is and Aru Is through New Guinea to Admiralty Is and Bismarck Archipelago, D'Entrecasteaux Is and Louisiade Archipelago, and on to Solomon Is (E to Malaita) and S to E Australia (Torres Strait Is and Cape York to N New South Wales).
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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A male at a feeder Locality Vogelpark Walsrode, Walsrode, Lower Saxony, Germany
Josep del Hoyo 11 August 2006 4 years ago 35 sec 4.6 -
A perched male, looking around and preening Locality Vogelpark Walsrode, Walsrode, Lower Saxony, Germany
Josep del Hoyo 11 August 2006 4 years ago 37 sec 4.5 -
A frontal view of a male singing. Locality Taronga Zoo, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia (ssp superbus)
Josep del Hoyo 19 October 2009 1 year ago 52 sec 4 -
A close-up of a male on a feeder, then flying away. Locality Berlin Zoo, Berlin, Germany
Josep del Hoyo 21 March 2008 3 years ago 25 sec 3.8 -
A male singing twice and changing its position. Locality Taronga Zoo, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia (ssp superbus)
Josep del Hoyo 19 October 2009 1 year ago 36 sec 3.6 -
A male on a branch, preening. Locality Taronga Zoo, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia (ssp superbus)
Josep del Hoyo 19 October 2009 1 year ago 36 sec 3.5
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A male at a feeder.
Locality Berlin Zoo, Berlin, Germany
Josep del Hoyo 21 March 2008 3 years ago 4.3 -
Adult feeding in low-tree.
Locality Iron Range National Park, Queensland, Australia (ssp superbus)
Tom Tarrant 25 December 2008 3 years ago 4 -
A female foraging in a fruiting tree.
Locality Gunung Mahawu, North Sulawesi, Sulawesi (ssp temminckii)
David Beadle 13 October 2011 21 weeks ago 3.7 -
Adult male on a branch.
Locality Chester Zoo, Cheshire, England, Great Britain
Tomasz Doroń 29 May 2011 23 weeks ago 3.3 -
A male on a branch.
Locality Taronga Zoo, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia (ssp superbus)
Josep del Hoyo 16 October 2009 1 year ago 3 -
A female on a branch.
Locality Taronga Zoo, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia (ssp superbus)
Josep del Hoyo 16 October 2009 1 year ago 2.9
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Two birds singing.
Locality Taronga Zoo, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
(ssp superbus)
Josep del Hoyo 16 October 2009 1 year ago 4 -
A bird singing. Locality Vella Lavella Island, Western Province, Solomon Islands
(ssp superbus )
Josep del Hoyo 13 October 2010 1 year ago 4 -
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A male cooing and chirping. Locality San Diego Zoo, San Diego, San Diego County, California, USA (United States)
Lebanese26 30 July 2008 3 years ago 4
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