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 5 years ago 35 sec 4.7 -
A perched male, looking around and preening Locality Vogelpark Walsrode, Walsrode, Lower Saxony, Germany
Josep del Hoyo 11 August 2006 5 years ago 37 sec 4.6 -
A frontal view of a male singing. Locality Taronga Zoo, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia (ssp superbus)
Josep del Hoyo 19 October 2009 2 years ago 52 sec 4.3 -
A close-up of a male on a feeder, then flying away. Locality Berlin Zoo, Berlin, Germany
Josep del Hoyo 21 March 2008 4 years ago 25 sec 4 -
A male singing twice and changing its position. Locality Taronga Zoo, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia (ssp superbus)
Josep del Hoyo 19 October 2009 2 years ago 36 sec 3.8 -
A male singing from a branch. Locality Taronga Zoo, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia (ssp superbus)
Josep del Hoyo 19 October 2009 2 years ago 35 sec 3.5
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A male at a feeder.
Locality Berlin Zoo, Berlin, Germany
Josep del Hoyo 21 March 2008 4 years ago 4.4 -
Adult feeding in low-tree.
Locality Iron Range National Park, Queensland, Australia (ssp superbus)
Tom Tarrant 25 December 2008 4 years ago 4.3 -
Below the village of Kwau, in the lower parts of the Arfak Mountains, there were several fruiting trees, where huge flocks of Or
Locality Arfak Mountains, Vogelkop Peninsula, West Papua (Indonesia), New Guinea
Bernard Van Elegem 20 June 2011 8 weeks ago 4.3 -
Below the village of Kwau, in the lower parts of the Arfak Mountains, there were several fruiting trees, where huge flocks of Or
Locality Arfak Mountains, Vogelkop Peninsula, West Papua (Indonesia), New Guinea
Bernard Van Elegem 20 June 2011 8 weeks ago 4 -
A female foraging in a fruiting tree.
Locality Gunung Mahawu, North Sulawesi, Sulawesi (ssp temminckii)
David Beadle 13 October 2011 1 year ago 3.9 -
Below the village of Kwau, in the lower parts of the Arfak Mountains, there were several fruiting trees, where huge flocks of Or
Locality Arfak Mountains, Vogelkop Peninsula, West Papua (Indonesia), New Guinea
Bernard Van Elegem 8 weeks ago 3.9
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Two birds singing.
Locality Taronga Zoo, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
(ssp superbus)
Josep del Hoyo 16 October 2009 2 years ago 4 -
A bird singing. Locality Vella Lavella Island, Western Province, Solomon Islands
(ssp superbus )
Josep del Hoyo 13 October 2010 2 years 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 4 years ago 4
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