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Superb fruit dove

Ptilinopus superbus (Temminck, 1809)

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The superb fruit dove (Ptilinopus superbus) is a species in the family Columbidae, order Columbiformes. Recorded adults weigh 112.5 g to 121.5 g. Source checklists list it for 1 country: Australia. Its IUCN Red List status is Least Concern.

Superb fruit dove (Ptilinopus superbus)
Photo: Neil T from Bradford, United Kingdom · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Quick facts about the superb fruit dove

Weight
112.5 g – 121.5 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
Least Concern (IUCN)src for Conservation status
Countries on record
1 countrysrc for Countries on record

Where does the superb 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 superb 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

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

What is the superb fruit dove?

Quoted from WikipediaCC BY-SA 4.0

The superb fruit dove (Ptilinopus superbus), also known as the purple-crowned fruit dove (leading to easy confusion with the purple-capped fruit dove), is a medium-sized (22–24 cm long), colourful fruit-dove in the family Columbidae.

From the Wikipedia article “Superb fruit dove” (en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Superb_fruit_dove&oldid=1315300904), 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 superb fruit dove endangered?

The superb 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.

How is the superb fruit dove classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classAves
  4. orderColumbiformes
  5. familyColumbidae
  6. genusPtilinopus
  7. SpeciesPtilinopus superbus (Temminck, 1809)

Synonyms Columba superba

Other names and names in other languages (45)
  • Eastern superb fruit-doveEnglish
  • Eastern superb fruit-doveEnglish
  • Purple-crowned fruit doveEnglish
  • Superb fruit-doveEnglish
  • Superb fruit-doveEnglish
  • Superb fruit-doveEnglish
  • يمام الفاكهة الرائعArabic
  • يمام الفاكهة بنفسجي التاجArabic
  • tilinop superb orientalCatalan
  • holub nádhernýCzech
  • turtur ffrwythau odidogWelsh
  • PragtfrugtdueDanish
  • PrachtfruchttaubeGerman
  • Östliche PrachtfruchttaubeGerman
  • superba fruktokolomboEsperanto
  • Tilopo SoberbioSpanish
  • Tilopo soberbio orientalSpanish
  • hund-rohetuviEstonian
  • kirjohedelmäkyyhkyFinnish
  • Ptilope superbeFrench
  • pjegava voćaricaCroatian
  • pompás gyümölcsgalambHungarian
  • Walik rajaIndonesian
  • Colombo splendenteItalian
  • Colomba frugivora superbaItalian
  • Tortora beccafrutta splendenteItalian
  • Tortora beccafrutta superbaItalian
  • クロオビヒメアオバトJapanese
  • puikusis karvelis vaislesysLithuanian
  • Kleine PrachtjufferduifDutch
  • praktfruktdueNorwegian
  • owocożer wspaniałyPolish
  • pomba-da-fruta-pintadaPortuguese
  • Pombo-da-fruta-pintadoPortuguese
  • pombo-da-fruta-soberboPortuguese
  • pombo-frugívoro-pintadoPortuguese
  • Великолепный пёстрый голубьRussian
  • Великолепный фруктовый голубьRussian
  • pestroš hnedokrkýSlovak
  • Ljubičastoglavi voćni golubSerbian
  • purpurkronad fruktduvaSwedish
  • Muhteşem Meyve KumrusuTurkish
  • тілопо смугастобокийUkrainian
  • 华丽果鸠Chinese
  • 壯麗果鳩Chinese

Catalogue of LifeWikipediaiNaturalistWikidataIUCN Red List

Relatives of the superb 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 superb fruit dove?

An adult superb fruit dove weighs 112.5 g – 121.5 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Where does the superb fruit dove live?

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

Is the superb fruit dove endangered?

The superb 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 superb fruit dove?

The superb fruit dove (Ptilinopus superbus) belongs to the family Columbidae in the order Columbiformes.

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BibTeX
@misc{superb_fruit_dove_2026,
  title = {Superb fruit dove (Ptilinopus superbus)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/superb-fruit-dove},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}