Red-eared Fruit-Dove Ptilinopus fischeri Scientific name definitions

A fairly large and robust fruit-dove, with gray head and underparts and crimson patches around the eyes and over the ear-coverts, connected by a black band behind the neck. A high altitude specialist, it inhabits montane and moss forests usually above an elevation of 2,000 m. An endemic species to the mountains of Sulawesi, Indonesia, it is considered uncommon, but it is probably under-recorded due to its timid behavior. Many aspects of its life history remain poorly known. The subspecies meridionalis of the Lompobattang Massif in southwestern Sulawesi, is sometimes split as a separate species, Lompobattang Fruit-Dove.