Family Pigeons, Doves (Columbidae)
Least Concern
Orange-fronted Fruit-dove (Ptilinopus aurantiifrons)
Taxonomy
French: Ptilope à front d’or German: Goldstirn-Fruchttaube Spanish: Tilopo frentiáureo
Other common names:
Golden-fronted Fruit-dove
Taxonomy:
Ptilonopus [sic] aurantiifrons
G. R. Gray
, 1858,Aru Islands
.Distribution:
W Papuan Is (Batanta, Salawati, Misool), Yapen I and Aru Is, and coastal New Guinea E (except, on N coast, from Madang to Huon Gulf) to D’Entrecasteaux Is.
Descriptive notes
22–23 cm; 136 g. Forehead bright orange or orange-yellow; throat and lower part of face white; crown, nape and upper part of face green with bronzy tinge; upper breast... read more
Voice
A soft ‘hoo’ series and a seesaw at medium-low pitch. Each note of the ‘hoo’... read more
Habitat
Inhabits secondary forest and forest edge, littoral woodland, mangroves, gallery forest, savanna... read more
Food and feeding
Frugivorous; feeds on a variety of species; in a study near Port Moresby, the most important plant families were Moraceae, Combretaceae and... read more
Breeding
Scattered breeding records in Papua New Guinea indicate that nesting occurs from middle of dry season to early wet season at least, Sept... read more
Movements
Little information, but species is apparently sedentary. Flight swift and direct.
Status and conservation
Not globally threatened. Few details available. Species is described as being generally fairly common, locally abundant. Adapts to a variety of secondary habitats, including... read more
Genetic data#R place this species in the group centred on P. tannensis (which see). Monotypic.