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Wompoo fruit dove

Ptilinopus magnificus (Temminck, 1821)

LCLeast Concernbirds

The wompoo fruit dove (Ptilinopus magnificus) is a species in the family Columbidae, order Columbiformes. Recorded adults weigh 181 g to 480 g. Source checklists list it for 1 country: Australia. Its IUCN Red List status is Least Concern.

Wompoo fruit dove (Ptilinopus magnificus)
Photo: tallarook · CC0 · Wikimedia Commons

Quick facts about the wompoo fruit dove

Weight
181 g – 480 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 wompoo 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 wompoo 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 wompoo fruit dove?

Quoted from WikipediaCC BY-SA 4.0

The wompoo fruit dove (Megaloprepia magnifica), also known as wompoo pigeon and "magnificent fruit dove" among others, is one of the larger fruit doves native to New Guinea and eastern Australia.

From the Wikipedia article “Wompoo fruit dove” (en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wompoo_fruit_dove&oldid=1335524781), 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 wompoo fruit dove endangered?

The wompoo 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 wompoo fruit dove classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classAves
  4. orderColumbiformes
  5. familyColumbidae
  6. genusPtilinopus
  7. SpeciesPtilinopus magnificus (Temminck, 1821)

Synonyms Columba magnifica, Megaloprepia magnifica

Other names and names in other languages (33)
  • tilinop magníficCatalan
  • holub čarokrásnýCzech
  • turtur ffrwythau fawreddogWelsh
  • Wompoo FrugtdueDanish
  • Purpurbrust-FruchttaubeGerman
  • purpurbrusta fruktokolomboEsperanto
  • Tilopo magníficoSpanish
  • suur-rohetuviEstonian
  • کبوتر میوهخوار وامپوPersian
  • loistohedelmäkyyhkyFinnish
  • Ptilope magnifiqueFrench
  • ljubičastoprsa voćaricaCroatian
  • Wompoo-gyümölcsgalambHungarian
  • Walik wompuIndonesian
  • Tortora beccafrutta wompuItalian
  • ワープーアオバトJapanese
  • didingasis karvelis vaislesysLithuanian
  • Кужы пачан ала кӓдӹWestern Mari
  • WompoejufferduifDutch
  • bispefruktdueNorwegian
  • owocożer purpurowyPolish
  • وومپو کگیWestern Panjabi
  • pomba-da-fruta-magníficaPortuguese
  • pombo-da-fruta-magníficoPortuguese
  • pombo-frugívoro-magníficoPortuguese
  • Длиннохвостый пёстрый голубьRussian
  • Длиннохвостый фруктовый голубьRussian
  • pestroš vznešenýSlovak
  • wompoofruktduvaSwedish
  • Mor Göğüslü Meyve KumrusuTurkish
  • тілопо довгохвостийUkrainian
  • 巨果鳩Chinese
  • 巨果鸠Chinese

Catalogue of LifeWikipediaWikidataIUCN Red List

Relatives of the wompoo 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 wompoo fruit dove?

An adult wompoo fruit dove weighs 181 g – 480 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Where does the wompoo fruit dove live?

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

Is the wompoo fruit dove endangered?

The wompoo 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 wompoo fruit dove?

The wompoo fruit dove (Ptilinopus magnificus) belongs to the family Columbidae in the order Columbiformes.

Sources and how to cite this page

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BibTeX
@misc{wompoo_fruit_dove_2026,
  title = {Wompoo fruit dove (Ptilinopus magnificus)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/wompoo-fruit-dove},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}