Ptilinopus magnificus
Silhouette: L. Shyamal · PhyloPic
In 3 days ~40% in a week ~70%
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 |
Possible
About 20% of wildlife watchers report a Wompoo Fruit Dove sighting in Raja Ampat on a given day, based on 191 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 63rd most-seen of the 200 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 40%, and over a week to about 70%, if each day is a fresh chance.
November
In that month about 30% of wildlife watchers report a Wompoo Fruit Dove in Raja Ampat on a given day, against under 5% in January, 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.
2nd of 4
Of the 4 parks where we can rate Wompoo Fruit Dove sightings, Raja Ampat ranks 2nd at about 20%. The best odds are in Daintree National Park (Australia, about 50%).
Same genus: Ptilinopus
The closest relatives of the Wompoo Fruit Dove that you can see in Raja Ampat (genus Ptilinopus, Typical Fruit Doves) are Claret-breasted Fruit-Dove (about 40%), Beautiful Fruit-Dove (about 10%) and White-breasted Fruit-Dove (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Wompoo Fruit Dove is recorded against all the birds logged in Raja Ampat (191 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.
