Ptilinopus superbus
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In 3 days ~20% in a week ~40%
The superb fruit dove (Ptilinopus superbus), also known as the purple-crowned fruit dove (leading to easy confusion with the purple-capped fruit dove), is a medium-sized (22–24 cm long), colourful fruit-dove in the family Columbidae.
It is sexually dimorphic. Males are superbly coloured with a fiery orange nape, green ears, and a purple crown. The breast is grey, and divided from the abdomen by a wide, dark blue band. Their wings are olive green covered with dark spots, and the tail is tipped with white. Females are mostly green, with a white abdomen, blue wing tips, light blue breast, and a small, dark blue spot on the back of the head. Both sexes have yellow eyes and eye-rings. Despite its colourful plumage, the superb fruit dove is well-camouflaged amongst the rainforest foliage.
Native to Australasia, the superb fruit dove lives in the rainforests of New Guinea, Australia, Solomon Islands, the Philippines and Sulawesi of Indonesia. In Australia, it is found from southern New South Wales around the town of Moruya and extends further north, where it becomes more common to Cape York in Queensland. In some areas of its range, such as the New Guinean rainforest... Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Daintree National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 2 | Raja Ampat | 🇮🇩 Indonesia |
| # | Zoo / Centre | Country | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Prague Zoo | 🇨🇿 Czechia | |
| 2 | Barcelona Zoo | 🇪🇸 Spain | |
| 3 | Zoo Pilsen | 🇨🇿 Czechia | |
| 4 | Chester Zoo | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom | |
| 5 | Burgers' Ocean | 🇳🇱 Netherlands | |
| 6 | Berlin Zoological Garden | 🇩🇪 Germany | |
| 7 | Royal Burgers' Zoo | 🇳🇱 Netherlands | |
| 8 | Taronga Zoo | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 9 | Wilhelma | 🇩🇪 Germany | |
| 10 | London Zoo | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom | |
| 11 | Aquarama Barcelona | 🇪🇸 Spain | |
| 12 | Zoologischer Garten Halle | 🇩🇪 Germany | |
| 13 | Featherdale Sydney Wildlife Park | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 14 | Aquarium Berlin | 🇩🇪 Germany | |
| 15 | NaturoSpace | 🇫🇷 France | |
| 16 | Rákosův pavilon | 🇨🇿 Czechia | |
| 17 | Velemlokárium | 🇨🇿 Czechia | |
| 18 | Volière | 🇨🇭 Switzerland |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Superb Fruit-Dove sighting in Daintree National Park on a given day, based on 152 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 87th most-seen of the 208 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 20%, and over a week to about 40%, if each day is a fresh chance.
June to February
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Superb Fruit-Dove in Daintree National Park on a given day, against under 5% in March to May, the lowest months.
Between 7 and 10 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Superb 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.
Yes
Of the 2 parks where we can rate Superb Fruit-Dove sightings, Daintree National Park has the highest daily chance: about 10%. Next come Raja Ampat (Indonesia, under 5%).
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Superb Fruit-Dove is recorded against all the birds logged in Daintree National Park (152 verified sightings from 2019 to 2026), 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.
