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Dwarf fruit dove

Ptilinopus nainus (Temminck, 1835)

LCLeast Concernbirds

The dwarf fruit dove (Ptilinopus nainus) is a species in the family Columbidae, order Columbiformes. Recorded adults weigh 47 g to 49 g. Source checklists list it for 1 country: Australia. Its IUCN Red List status is Least Concern.

Dwarf fruit dove (Ptilinopus nainus)
Photo: Oort, P. van · CC0 · Wikimedia Commons

Quick facts about the dwarf fruit dove

Weight
47 g – 49 gsrc for Weight
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Diet
Frugivoresrc for Diet
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
forestsrc for Habitat
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Lifestyle
Perchingsrc for Lifestyle
Migration
Sedentarysrc for Migration
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN)src for Conservation status
Countries on record
1 countrysrc for Countries on record

Where does the dwarf fruit dove live?

Countries where Catalogue of Life checklists list the species. Many checklists carry no country data, so the list is often incomplete. It is not a range map.

The dwarf fruit dove is listed for 1 country.

Australia
  • Listed
  • Not listed
small islands are not drawn at this scale

The same countries as a list

  1. Australia

Why a country list is not a range map

Listed by: ITIS (scope: global), through the Catalogue of Life.

What is the dwarf fruit dove?

Quoted from WikipediaCC BY-SA 4.0

The dwarf fruit dove (Ptilinopus nainus) is a species of bird in the family Columbidae. It is found in lowland and foothill forest in New Guinea and the Raja Ampat Islands. The dwarf fruit dove weighs 49 grams, about equivalent to the weight of two AA batteries. This bird is the shortest in length within the fruit dove genus, and perhaps the shortest columbid of all.

From the Wikipedia article “Dwarf fruit dove” (en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Dwarf_fruit_dove&oldid=1353474146), by Wikipedia contributors, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0). This block is kept separate from our own text.

Is the dwarf fruit dove endangered?

The dwarf fruit dove is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List: it is not currently at risk of extinction.

  1. LCLeast Concern
  2. NTNear Threatened
  3. VUVulnerable
  4. ENEndangered
  5. CRCritically Endangered
  6. EWExtinct in the Wild
  7. EXExtinct

Category via Wikidata (CC0). Find the full assessment on the IUCN Red List. See all Least Concern species. What the categories mean.

How is the dwarf fruit dove classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classAves
  4. orderColumbiformes
  5. familyColumbidae
  6. genusPtilinopus
  7. SpeciesPtilinopus nainus (Temminck, 1835)

Synonyms Columba naina, Ptilinopus naina, Ptilinopus nainus minimus, Ptilinopus nainus nainus, Ptilinopus nanus

Other names and names in other languages (37)
  • Dwarf fruit-doveEnglish
  • Dwarf fruit-doveEnglish
  • Dwarf fruit-doveEnglish
  • يمام الفاكهة القزمArabic
  • tilinop nanCatalan
  • holub trpasličíCzech
  • Turtur ffrwythau fechanWelsh
  • DværgfrugtdueDanish
  • ZwergfruchttaubeGerman
  • nana fruktokolomboEsperanto
  • Tilopo enanoSpanish
  • värb-rohetuviEstonian
  • کبوتر میوهخوار کوتولهPersian
  • pikkuhedelmäkyyhkyFinnish
  • Ptilope nainFrench
  • patuljasta voćaricaCroatian
  • törpe gyümölcsgalambHungarian
  • Walik kerdilIndonesian
  • Tortora beccafrutta nanaItalian
  • コビトアオバトJapanese
  • nykštukinis karvelis vaislesysLithuanian
  • Изи ала кӓдӹWestern Mari
  • DwergjufferduifDutch
  • dvergfruktdueNorwegian
  • owocożer karłowatyPolish
  • ٹھمنی کگیWestern Panjabi
  • pombo-da-fruta-anãoPortuguese
  • pombo-frugívoro-anãoPortuguese
  • Карликовый пёстрый голубьRussian
  • Карликовый фруктовый голубьRussian
  • pestroš trpasličíSlovak
  • Patuljasti voćni golubSerbian
  • dvärgfruktduvaSwedish
  • Küçük Meyve KumrusuTurkish
  • тілопо карликовийUkrainian
  • 小綠果鳩Chinese
  • 小绿果鸠Chinese

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Relatives of the dwarf fruit dove

Other species in the same genus Ptilinopus.

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

How big is the dwarf fruit dove?

An adult dwarf fruit dove weighs 47 g – 49 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Where does the dwarf fruit dove live?

Catalogue of Life checklists list the dwarf fruit dove for 1 country: Australia. Checklist coverage is uneven, so the true range may be wider.

Is the dwarf fruit dove endangered?

The dwarf fruit dove is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List, meaning it is not currently at risk of extinction.

What kind of animal is the dwarf fruit dove?

The dwarf fruit dove (Ptilinopus nainus) belongs to the family Columbidae in the order Columbiformes.

Sources and how to cite this page

Data as of 2026-11-11. How this page is put together.

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BibTeX
@misc{dwarf_fruit_dove_2026,
  title = {Dwarf fruit dove (Ptilinopus nainus)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/dwarf-fruit-dove},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}