Family Pigeons, Doves (Columbidae)
Least Concern
Grey-headed Fruit-dove (Ptilinopus hyogastrus)
Taxonomy
French: Ptilope hyogastre German: Blaukopf-Fruchttaube Spanish: Tilopo cabecigrís
Other common names:
Purple-bellied Fruit-dove
Taxonomy:
Columba hyogastra
Temminck
, 1824,Sulawesi; error = Halmahera
.Distribution:
N Moluccas: Morotai, Halmahera, Ternate, Tidore, Kasiruta and Bacan.
Descriptive notes
20–23 cm. Plumage generally green; head pale bluish grey; two pale bluish grey patches on shoulder and across wing; a large dark purple patch on belly and bright yellow... read more
Voice
Not well documented. Based on a single recording, advertising call presumably is a repeated single... read more
Habitat
Forest and woodland, apparently not requiring heavy cover, and often frequenting secondary forest... read more
Food and feeding
Recorded feeding on fruits. Sometimes gathers in sizeable flocks of 20 birds or more. No further information.
Breeding
Reported to be in breeding condition in Oct on Halmahera.
Movements
No information.
Status and conservation
Not globally threatened. Generally fairly common, locally abundant at least on Halmahera, where it is the most frequently seen fruit-dove; common on Morotai. Research... read more
Closely related to P. granulifrons; these two may form a species-group with P. iozonus and P. insolitus, and perhaps also P. nainus and P. melanospilus; genetic data#R place this species in the group centred on P. tannensis (which see). Species name often given as hyogastra, but modification of original gender is required#R. Monotypic.