The beautiful fruit dove (Ptilinopus pulchellus), also known as the rose-fronted pigeon or crimson-capped fruit dove, is a small, approximately 19 cm (7+1⁄2 in) long, mainly green fruit dove. It has a red crown, whitish throat, a greenish-yellow bill and purplish-red feet. It has a blue-grey breast and yellowish orange belly, with a reddish purple patch in between. Both sexes are similar.
The beautiful fruit dove is distributed in rainforests of New Guinea and the islands of Batanta, Waigeo, Salawati and Misool in West Papua, Indonesia, primarily in flat terrain. The female usually lays a single white egg.
Its diet consists mainly of various fruits from trees, palms and vines. In the Port Moresby area, birds were found to eat a mixed diet in May. Large Tristiropsis canarioides fruit were taken when available, but the species gets displaced from fruiting trees by larger pigeons such as the collared imperial pigeon (Ducula mullerii). Small Endiandra sp. fruit were very often eaten, but made up only a small quantity of food volume. Other food were Gymnacranthera paniculata and small quantities of Polyalthia sp., Livistona palm fruit, and occasionally pepper (Piper) berries. Despite their small size, they are able to swallow fruits of 5 cm³ volume, which would translate into a diameter of about 2 cm in spherical fruit. (Frith et al. 1976)
Widespread and common throughout its large range, the beautiful fruit dove is evaluated as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species.
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Die Rotkappen-Fruchttaube (Ptilinopus pulchellus), auch Schöne Flaumfußtaube genannt, ist eine Art der Taubenvögel. Sie kommt in zwei Unterarten in Südostasien vor. Sie zählt mit ihrer roten Kopfkappe und dem leuchtend gelben Bauch zu den besonders farbprächtigen Fruchttauben.
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El tilopo bonito (Ptilinopus pulchellus) es una especie de ave columbiforme de la familia Columbidae endémica Nueva Guinea y algunas islas menores aledañas.
Es común en su área de distribución, por lo que se clasifica como especie bajo preocupación menor por la UICN.
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Le Ptilope mignon (Ptilinopus pulchellus) est une espèce d'oiseaux appartenant à la famille des Columbidae. Selon la classification de référence du Congrès ornithologique international (version 15.1, 2025), c'est une espèce monotypique (non subdivisée en sous-espèces).
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La tortora beccafrutta magnifica o colomba frugivora bella (Ptilinopus pulchellus (Temminck, 1835)) è un uccello della famiglia dei columbidi, diffuso in Nuova Guinea e in Indonesia.
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De Temmincks jufferduif of karmijnkapvruchtenduif (Ptilinopus pulchellus) is een vogel uit de familie Columbidae (duiven).
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Малиновошапочный пёстрый голубь (лат. Ptilinopus pulchellus) — птица из семейства голубиных, обитающая в Юго-Восточной Азии.
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Karmosinkronad fruktduva (Ptilinopus pulchellus) är en fågel i familjen duvor inom ordningen duvfåglar.
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Witkenvrugteduif
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يمام الفاكهة الجميل
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حمامه فواكه جميله
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ptilinop esplèndid
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Turtur ffrwythau bengoch
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ノドジロヒメアオバト
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سوہنی کگی
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Красношапочный фруктовый голубь
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pestroš sivoprsý
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Mali voćni golub
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karmosinkronad fruktduva
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Kestane Kuşaklı Meyve Kumrusu
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Тілопо білогорлий
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Beautiful Fruit Dove