Purple cap fruit pigeon

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Purple cap fruit pigeon
Purple cap fruit pigeon

Purple cap fruit pigeon

Systematics
Class : Birds (aves)
Order : Pigeon birds (Columbiformes)
Family : Pigeons (Columbidae)
Genre : Downy pigeons ( Ptilinopus )
Type : Purple cap fruit pigeon
Scientific name
Ptilinopus coronulatus
Gray , 1858

The purple cap fruit pigeon ( Ptilinopus coronulatus ), also called painted fruit pigeon or violet cap fruit pigeon , is a species of pigeon birds. It occurs in several subspecies only on islands in Southeast Asia.

Appearance

The purple cap fruit pigeon reaches a body length of 18 to 21 centimeters. It is therefore smaller than a laughing dove . As for most fruit pigeons , their body is characteristically compact and they are relatively short-tailed. There is almost no gender dimorphism.

The head cap of the lilac cap fruit pigeon is bright purple and lined with a very narrow yellow band. The throat is yellowish gray. The greenish breast feathers are forked. The head sides are greenish. The top and bottom of the body is deep green. There is a large purple spot on the stomach. The under tail-coverts are yellow. The iris is yellow inside and orange outside. The feet are reddish.

Spread and behavior

The purple cap fruit pigeon is an endemic species of New Guinea. It occurs in New Guinea and some of the neighboring islands. These include Aru , Salawati , Yapen , Kaipuri, Manam, Kairiru and Daru . It is considered to be one of the most common fruit-eating pigeons. It occurs predominantly singly or in pairs. Loose swarms develop when individual trees bear particularly abundant fruit. It is then also associated with other fruit-eating pigeons. It usually stays in the upper area of ​​the treetops and only comes to the ground to drink. The food composition fluctuates over the course of the year. But wild figs have a large share in the food spectrum. The nest, which is only very loosely assembled, is built relatively low on trees. The clutch consists of only one egg. Both parent birds breed. Usually the female sits on the egg during the day and the male at night. The young birds leave the nest when they are twelve days old.

supporting documents

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Rösler, p. 277
  2. ↑ Gibbs, p. 481
  3. ^ Gibbs, p. 482

literature

  • David Gibbs, Eustace Barnes and John Cox: Pigeons and Doves - A Guide to the Pigeons and Doves of the World . Pica Press, Sussex 2001, ISBN 90-74345-26-3 .
  • Peter Pestel: Violet cap fruit pigeons (Ptilinopus coronulatus) , VZE Vogelwelt, 56th year, 2011, issue 5, 126ff.
  • Thomas Rempert: Breeding of the violet-cap fruit pigeon (Ptilinopus coronulatus) at Zoo Berlin , Die Aviere, 25th year, issue 2, page 61.
  • Gerhard Rösler: The wild pigeons of the earth - free living, keeping and breeding . M. & H. Schaper Verlag, Alfeld-Hannover 1996, ISBN 3-7944-0184-0 .

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