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SUPERB FRUIT-DOVE


Photo: C & D Frith
Wet Tropics Rainforest Life

SUPERB FRUIT-DOVE
Ptilinopus superbus 23 cm

·         In Australia the Superb Fruit-Dove is a mainly summer visitor to the drier types of rainforests, regrowth and adjacent dense vegetation.

·         In north Queensland it is commoner than farther south, where it is only a vagrant to Victoria and Tasmania.

·         It eats a great variety of fruits, from laurels, palms, myrtles, figs and other plants.

·         Despite its colourful plumage it is usually difficult to observe.  Even birds calling loudly can remain unseen.

·    It is generally seen alone or in pairs but sometimes groups gather at fruiting trees.

·    Although they spend most time in the upper foliage of the rainforest, the nest is often placed a few metres above the ground.

·    The main call is five to six clear, deep whoops  

·         It is observed regularly in fairly open acacia regrowth round Chambers Wildlife Rainforest Lodge but is more often heard than seen.

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Lake Eacham, Atherton Tableland
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