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Wallace's fruit dove

Ptilinopus wallacii G. R. Gray, 1858

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The wallace's fruit dove (Ptilinopus wallacii) is a species in the family Columbidae, order Columbiformes. Recorded adults weigh about 208 g. Source checklists list it for 1 country: Australia. Its IUCN Red List status is Least Concern.

Wallace's fruit dove (Ptilinopus wallacii)
Photo: Joseph Wolf · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

Quick facts about the wallace's fruit dove

Weight
208 gsrc for Weight
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Diet
Frugivoresrc for Diet
Main food
berry, fruitsrc for Main food
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

Photos of the wallace's fruit dove

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Wallace's fruit dove (Ptilinopus wallacii)
desertnaturalist · CC BY 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Where does the wallace's 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 wallace's 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 wallace's fruit dove?

Quoted from WikipediaCC BY-SA 4.0

Wallace's fruit dove (Ptilinopus wallacii) is a species of a bird in the pigeon family Columbidae. The name commemorates the British naturalist Alfred Russel Wallace. It is a rather large, long-tailed fruit dove with a length of 24–28 cm (9.4–11.0 in) and has been described as "one of the most beautiful" fruit doves. The forehead and crown are dull crimson, the lower face and throat are white, and the rest of the head, breast, neck, and upper back are pale bluish-grey. The wings and lower back are green and the belly is orange, separated from the chest by a white band. Both sexes look similar, but females have less extensive red on the head and a greenish tinge to their grey parts.

Endemic to Indonesia, Wallace's fruit dove is found in lowland riverine and coastal forests in the Lesser Sunda Islands, the Moluccas, the Aru Islands, and occasionally in southwestern New Guinea. Its diet consists of small fruits and berries. Nests are made out of twigs in branches and the only observed nest was made in November. Common to moderately common throughout most of its range, the Wallace's fruit dove is evaluated as being of least concern on the IUCN Red List.

From the Wikipedia article “Wallace's fruit dove” (en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wallace%27s_fruit_dove&oldid=1327127353), 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 wallace's fruit dove endangered?

The wallace's 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 wallace's fruit dove classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classAves
  4. orderColumbiformes
  5. familyColumbidae
  6. genusPtilinopus
  7. SpeciesPtilinopus wallacii G. R. Gray, 1858

Synonyms Ptilonopus wallacii

Other names and names in other languages (37)
  • Wallace's fruit-doveEnglish
  • Wallace's fruit-doveEnglish
  • Wallace's fruit-doveEnglish
  • يمام الفاكهة والاسArabic
  • tilinop de WallaceCatalan
  • holub WallaceůvCzech
  • holub zlatobřichýCzech
  • turtur ffrwythau WallaceWelsh
  • Gyldenskuldret FrugtdueDanish
  • WeißkehlfruchttaubeGerman
  • Weißkehl-FruchttaubeGerman
  • orventra fruktokolomboEsperanto
  • Tilopo de WallaceSpanish
  • hallselg-rohetuviEstonian
  • karmiinilakkikyyhkyFinnish
  • Ptilope de WallaceFrench
  • crvenokapa voćaricaCroatian
  • fehértorkú gyümölcsgalambHungarian
  • Walik wallaceaIndonesian
  • Tortora beccafrutta di WallaceItalian
  • ウロコヒメアオバトJapanese
  • Voleso karvelis vaislesysLithuanian
  • Wallace' JufferduifDutch
  • gullbukfruktdueNorwegian
  • owocożer złotobrzuchyPolish
  • pombo-da-fruta-de-wallacePortuguese
  • pombo-frugívoro-de-cinta-brancaPortuguese
  • Белогорлый пёстрый голубьRussian
  • Белогорлый фруктовый голубьRussian
  • pestroš zlatobruchýSlovak
  • Volesov voćni golubSerbian
  • bandafruktduvaSwedish
  • wallacefruktduvaSwedish
  • Wallace Meyve KumrusuTurkish
  • тілопо жовтоплечийUkrainian
  • 金肩果鳩Chinese
  • 金肩果鸠Chinese

Catalogue of LifeWikipediaiNaturalistWikidataIUCN Red List

Relatives of the wallace's 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 wallace's fruit dove?

An adult wallace's fruit dove weighs 208 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Where does the wallace's fruit dove live?

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

Is the wallace's fruit dove endangered?

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

What does the wallace's fruit dove eat?

Its recorded main food is berry and fruit.

What kind of animal is the wallace's fruit dove?

The wallace's fruit dove (Ptilinopus wallacii) belongs to the family Columbidae in the order Columbiformes.

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BibTeX
@misc{wallaces_fruit_dove_2026,
  title = {Wallace's fruit dove (Ptilinopus wallacii)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/wallaces-fruit-dove},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}