Female © Bradley Hacker 🦜
Male © Mehd Halaouate
Male © Bradley Hacker 🦜
Male © Jonathan Meyer

Geelvink Fruit-Dove Ptilinopus speciosus

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Identification

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Localized endemic of islands in West Papua’s Geelvink Bay, including Biak and Numfor. Males have a large, bright “fried egg” yellow-and-white patch on the chest and a hot pink patch on the belly. Otherwise mostly green, aside from yellow undertail. Females are green, with yellow on the undertail and belly. Found in lowland rainforest. The song is an accelerating series of two-part “hoo-wooo” notes given in a series, usually of 7-9 notes. Similar to White-breasted Fruit-Dove, but smaller overall and smaller-billed, and males further separated by their distinctive breast pattern.

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