Ptilinopus porphyreus
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In 3 days ~10% in a week ~20%
The pink-headed fruit dove (Ptilinopus porphyreus) also known as pink-necked fruit dove or Temminck's fruit pigeon, is a small colourful dove. The pink-headed fruit dove is a resident breeding endemic bird in Indonesia where it occurs in the mountain forests of Sumatra, Java and Bali at altitudes of 1000–2200 m. It builds a flimsy nest in a tree and lays one or sometimes two white eggs which are incubated for 20 days to hatching, with a further 15–16 days to fledging. It is a shy and inconspicuous species, generally seen singly or in pairs, but flocks of up to 17 birds may form at favoured fruit trees.
The male has a purple-pink head, neck and throat, bordered below with a white band outlined in greenish black. The upperparts are green and the underparts grey, with yellow undertail coverts. The iris is orange, the bill is greenish, and feet are pink. The female is duller than the male, with a weaker breast band, and the juvenile is an even drabber version of the female. The call is a soft hoo. The male pink-headed fruit doves were observed to be the only ones participating in nest building, the "flimsy" nest mentioned earlier can be described as a "Pigeon-like" nest. Females were observed not participating in the nest building and instead were observed to perch in tall nearby trees.
This dove feeds on figs, small fruit and berries in the upper canopy of the forest, where it is well-camouflaged amongst the green foliage. The pink-headed fruit dove is restricted to less than 12,000 km² of forest in three sites on Sumatra, sixteen on Java and one on Bali, always on forested mountains at least 2000m high. Most sites are smaller than 200 km² and shrinking. However the species is very inconspicuous and it is not yet thought to be threatened.
The pink-headed fruit dove is evaluated as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. While in the past the species was rarely found on offer in traditional bird markets in Indonesia, in 2022 it was found that dozens of pink-headed fruit doves were openly offered for sale on Indonesian Facebook pages and other social media platforms Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kerinci Seblat National Park | 🇮🇩 Indonesia |
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| # | Zoo / Centre | Country | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | San Diego Zoo | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 2 | ZooParc de Beauval | 🇫🇷 France | |
| 3 | Zoo Pilsen | 🇨🇿 Czechia | |
| 4 | Walsrode World Bird Park | 🇩🇪 Germany | |
| 5 | Minnesota Zoo | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 6 | Bronx Zoo | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 7 | Sedgwick County Zoo | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 8 | Chester Zoo | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom | |
| 9 | Toledo Zoo | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 10 | Warsaw Zoo | 🇵🇱 Poland | |
| 11 | Woodland Park Zoo | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 12 | Cameron Park Zoo | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 13 | Philadelphia Zoo | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 14 | National Aviary | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 15 | herpetarium warszawskiego ZOO | 🇵🇱 Poland | |
| 16 | NaturoSpace | 🇫🇷 France | |
| 17 | akwarium warszawskiego ZOO | 🇵🇱 Poland |
Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Pink-headed Fruit-Dove sighting in Kerinci Seblat National Park on a given day, based on 20 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 127th most-seen of the 203 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 10%, and over a week to about 20%, if each day is a fresh chance.
April–May, July and December
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Pink-headed Fruit-Dove in Kerinci Seblat National Park on a given day, against under 5% in February–March, June and August–November, the lowest months. January has too few records to rate.
Between 7 and 10 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Pink-headed Fruit-Dove sightings with a recorded time, and about 8 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Only Kerinci Seblat National Park, in our data
Kerinci Seblat National Park is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Pink-headed Fruit-Dove sightings: under 5% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same family: Columbidae
The closest relatives of the Pink-headed Fruit-Dove that you can see in Kerinci Seblat National Park (family Columbidae, Pigeons and Doves) are Little Cuckoo-Dove (about 50%), Pearl-necked Dove (about 30%) and Green-spectacled Green-Pigeon (about 30%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Pink-headed Fruit-Dove is recorded against all the birds logged in Kerinci Seblat National Park (20 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.
