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Golden dove

Ptilinopus luteovirens (Hombron & Jacquinot, 1841)

Status not recordedbirds

The golden dove (Ptilinopus luteovirens) is a species in the family Columbidae, order Columbiformes. Recorded adults weigh about 46.6 g.

Golden dove (Ptilinopus luteovirens)
Photo: Rainer Burkard · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Quick facts about the golden dove

Weight
46.6 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
1src for Young per litter or clutch
Lifestyle
Perchingsrc for Lifestyle
Migration
Sedentarysrc for Migration
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does the golden dove live?

Not recorded

What is the golden dove?

Quoted from WikipediaCC BY-SA 4.0

The golden dove (Ptilinopus luteovirens), also known as the golden fruit dove, lemon dove or yellow dove, is a small, approximately 20 cm (8 in) long, short-tailed fruit-dove in the family Columbidae. The common name refers to the males' bright golden-yellow colour. The body feathers appear almost iridescent due to their elongated shape and hair-like texture. The head is slightly duller with a greenish tinge. The bill, orbital skin and legs are bluish-green and the iris is whitish. The underwings and tail coverts are yellow. The female is a dark green bird with bare parts resembling those of the male. The young resembles the female.

The golden dove is endemic to the forests of Fiji. The diet consists mainly of various small fruits, berries and insects. The female usually lays a single white egg.

The golden dove is closely related to the whistling dove and orange dove. These species are allopatric, meaning they do not share the same habitat in any location.

A common species throughout its limited range, the golden dove is evaluated as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species.

From the Wikipedia article “Golden dove” (en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Golden_dove&oldid=1314166993), 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 golden dove endangered?

No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.

How is the golden dove classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classAves
  4. orderColumbiformes
  5. familyColumbidae
  6. genusPtilinopus
  7. SpeciesPtilinopus luteovirens (Hombron & Jacquinot, 1841)

Synonyms Chrysoena luteovirens, Columba luteovirens

Other names and names in other languages (38)
  • Golden fruit doveEnglish
  • Golden fruit doveEnglish
  • Golden fruit doveEnglish
  • Lemon dove or yellow doveEnglish
  • يمام ذهبيArabic
  • يمام الفاكهة الذهبيArabic
  • tilinop dauratCatalan
  • holub zlatýCzech
  • Gylden FrugtdueDanish
  • GoldfruchttaubeGerman
  • GoldtaubeGerman
  • ora fruktokolomboEsperanto
  • Tilopo doradoSpanish
  • kuldtuviEstonian
  • kultahedelmäkyyhkyFinnish
  • Ptilope jauneFrench
  • zlatna voćaricaCroatian
  • aranyos gyümölcsgalambHungarian
  • Colomba dorataItalian
  • Colomba frugivora dorataItalian
  • Tortora beccafrutta dorataItalian
  • Tortora dorataItalian
  • キンミノヒメアオバトJapanese
  • auksinis karvelis vaislesysLithuanian
  • Gele JufferduifDutch
  • sitrondueNorwegian
  • owocożer złotawyPolish
  • pombo-da-fruta-douradoPortuguese
  • pombo-frugívoro-douradoPortuguese
  • Золотой пёстрый голубьRussian
  • Золотой фруктовый голубьRussian
  • pestroš zlatýSlovak
  • Žuti voćni golubSerbian
  • gyllenfruktduvaSwedish
  • Altın Rengi Meyve KumrusuTurkish
  • тілопо золотистийUkrainian
  • 金果鳩Chinese
  • 金果鸠Chinese

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Relatives of the golden 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 golden dove?

An adult golden dove weighs 46.6 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

What kind of animal is the golden dove?

The golden dove (Ptilinopus luteovirens) belongs to the family Columbidae in the order Columbiformes.

Sources and how to cite this page

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Golden dove (Ptilinopus luteovirens). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/golden-dove

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BibTeX
@misc{golden_dove_2026,
  title = {Golden dove (Ptilinopus luteovirens)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/golden-dove},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}