Ptilinopus perlatus
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In 3 days ~30% in a week ~50%
The pink-spotted fruit dove (Ptilinopus perlatus) is a species of bird in the family Columbidae. It is found in forest and woodland in lowland and foothills of New Guinea and nearby smaller islands. It is widespread and generally common.
The pink-spotted fruit dove is one of over 50 species in the genus Ptilinopus. Alternative names for the pink-spotted fruit dove include pink-spotted fruit pigeon. Three subspecies of the pink-spotted fruit dove are recognised.
The chest is duller and browner, the throat and nape are grey-white, and, uniquely for a fruit dove, the wings are spotted pink. The face and crown are usually olive-green, but this is replaced by pale grey in the north-eastern subspecies plumbeicollis. The male and female are essentially identical. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Raja Ampat | 🇮🇩 Indonesia |
More parks will be added in future updates.
| # | Zoo / Centre | Country | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Walsrode World Bird Park | 🇩🇪 Germany |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Pink-spotted Fruit-Dove sighting in Raja Ampat on a given day, based on 114 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 97th most-seen of the 200 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 30%, and over a week to about 50%, if each day is a fresh chance.
March and August
In those months about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Pink-spotted Fruit-Dove in Raja Ampat on a given day, against under 5% in January and October, the lowest months.
Between 3 and 6 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Pink-spotted 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 Raja Ampat, in our data
Raja Ampat is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Pink-spotted Fruit-Dove sightings: about 10% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same genus: Ptilinopus
The closest relatives of the Pink-spotted Fruit-Dove that you can see in Raja Ampat (genus Ptilinopus, Typical Fruit Doves) are Claret-breasted Fruit-Dove (about 40%), Wompoo Fruit Dove (about 20%) and Beautiful Fruit-Dove (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Pink-spotted Fruit-Dove is recorded against all the birds logged in Raja Ampat (114 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.
