Ptilinopus regina
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In 3 days <5%
The rose-crowned fruit dove (Ptilinopus regina), also known as pink-capped fruit dove or Swainson's fruit dove, is a medium-sized fruit dove that is found in parts of southern Indonesia, northern Australia and eastern Australia.
The rose-crowned fruit dove was formally described in 1825 by the English naturalist William Swainson. He considered his specimens as a variant of the grey-green fruit dove (Ptilinopus purpuratus) and specified the scientific name as Ptilinopus purpuratus var. Regina.
The type locality is New South Wales. Five subspecies are recognised: Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Litchfield National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 2 | Kakadu National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 3 | Noosa National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 4 | Lamington National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 5 | Springbrook National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 6 | Daintree National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Brisbane | 🇦🇺 Australia |
| # | Zoo / Centre | Country | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | California Academy of Sciences | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 2 | Australia Zoo | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 3 | Territory Wildlife Park | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 4 | Sedgwick County Zoo | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 5 | Phoenix Zoo | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 6 | Louisville Zoo | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 7 | Warsaw Zoo | 🇵🇱 Poland | |
| 8 | Healesville Sanctuary | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 9 | Oregon Zoo | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 10 | Taronga Zoo | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 11 | Currumbin Wildlife Sanctuary | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 12 | Melbourne Zoo | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 13 | Honolulu Zoo | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 14 | Adelaide Zoo | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 15 | Australian Reptile Park | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 16 | Featherdale Sydney Wildlife Park | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 17 | National Aviary | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 18 | herpetarium warszawskiego ZOO | 🇵🇱 Poland | |
| 19 | akwarium warszawskiego ZOO | 🇵🇱 Poland | |
| 20 | Caversham Wildlife Park | 🇦🇺 Australia |
Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Rose-crowned Fruit-Dove sighting in Brisbane on a given day, based on 34 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 200th most-seen of the 237 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to under 5%, if each day is a fresh chance.
Any time of year
In every month with enough records, under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Rose-crowned Fruit-Dove in Brisbane on a given day, so our monthly data shows no clear season.
Between 8 and 11 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Rose-crowned Fruit-Dove sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Only Brisbane, in our data
Brisbane is the only city on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Rose-crowned Fruit-Dove sightings: under 5% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same family: Columbidae
The closest relatives of the Rose-crowned Fruit-Dove that you can see in Brisbane (family Columbidae, Pigeons and Doves) are Crested Pigeon (about 30%), Bar-shouldered Dove (about 30%) and Pearl-necked Dove (about 20%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Rose-crowned Fruit-Dove is recorded against all the birds logged in Brisbane (34 verified sightings), calibrated against known sighting rates. Figures are rounded to the nearest 10% because citizen-science data supports honest approximations, not decimals, and months with records from fewer than five people show "—". How it works.
