Ptilinopus magnificus
Silhouette: L. Shyamal · PhyloPic
In 3 days ~30% in a week ~60%
The wompoo fruit dove (Megaloprepia magnifica), also known as wompoo pigeon and "magnificent fruit dove" among others, is one of the larger fruit doves native to New Guinea and eastern Australia. The wompoo fruit dove was formally described in 1821 by the Dutch zoologist Coenraad Jacob Temminck from a specimen that had been collected on the east coast of Australia. He placed it with the doves and pigeons in the genus Columba and coined the binomial name Columba magnifica. This fruit dove was formerly placed in the genus Ptilinopus. A molecular genetic study published in 2014 found that the fruit dove genus Ptilinopus was paraphyletic. In order to create monophyletic genera, nine species were moved from Ptilinopus to Ramphiculus and two species, the scarlet-breasted fruit dove and the wompoo fruit dove, were moved from Ptilinopus to Megaloprepia. The name Megaloprepia is from Ancient Greek μεγαλοπρεπεια/megaloprepeia meaning "magnificence".
Five subspecies are recognised: Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Daintree National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 2 | Raja Ampat | 🇮🇩 Indonesia | |
| 3 | Springbrook National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 4 | Lamington National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia |
| # | Zoo / Centre | Country | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Disney's Animal Kingdom | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 2 | San Diego Zoo | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 3 | Warsaw Zoo | 🇵🇱 Poland | |
| 4 | Memphis Zoo | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 5 | Taronga Zoo | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 6 | Currumbin Wildlife Sanctuary | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 7 | Discovery Cove | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 8 | National Aviary | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 9 | Dallas World Aquarium | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 10 | National Aquarium | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 11 | herpetarium warszawskiego ZOO | 🇵🇱 Poland | |
| 12 | akwarium warszawskiego ZOO | 🇵🇱 Poland |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Wompoo Fruit Dove sighting in Lamington National Park on a given day, based on 411 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 48th most-seen of the 171 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 30%, and over a week to about 60%, if each day is a fresh chance.
September and November–January
In those months about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Wompoo Fruit Dove in Lamington National Park on a given day, against under 5% in May, the lowest month.
Between 9 am and noon
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Wompoo 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.
4th of 4
Of the 4 parks where we can rate Wompoo Fruit Dove sightings, Lamington National Park ranks 4th at about 10%. The best odds are in Daintree National Park (Australia, about 50%), Raja Ampat (Indonesia, about 20%) and Springbrook National Park (Australia, about 10%).
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Wompoo Fruit Dove is recorded against all the birds logged in Lamington National Park (411 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.
