Pink-headed Fruit Doves, Pink-necked Fruit Doves or Temminck's Fruit Pigeons
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The Pink-headed Fruit Dove, Pink-necked Fruit Dove or Temminck's Fruit Pigeon, Ptilinopus porphyreus, is a small colorful dove.
It is a resident breeding endemic bird in Indonesia where it occurs in the mountain forests of Sumatra, Java and Bali at altitudes of 1000-2200 m. It builds a flimsy nest in a tree and lays one or sometimes two white eggs which are incubated for 20 days to hatching, with a further 15-16 days to fledging. It is a shy and inconspicuous species, generally seen singly or in pairs, but flocks of up to 17 birds may form at favoured fruit trees.
The male Pink-headed Fruit Dove has a purple-pink head, neck and throat, bordered below with a white band outlined in greenish black. The upperparts are green and the underparts grey, with yellow undertail coverts. The iris is orange, the bill is greenish, and feet are pink. The female is duller than the male, with a weaker breast band, and the juvenile is an even drabber version of the female. The call is a soft hoo.
This dove feeds on figs, small fruit and berries in the upper canopy of the forest, where it is well-camouflaged amongst the green foliage.
This species is restricted to less than 12,000 km2 of forest in three sites on Sumatra, 16 on Java and one on Bali, always on forested mountains at least 2000m high. Most sites are smaller than 200 km2 and shrinking. However the species is very inconspicuous and it is not yet thought to be threatened.
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