Ptilinopus jambu
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In 3 days <5% in a week ~10%
The jambu fruit dove (Ramphiculus jambu) is a smallish colourful fruit dove. It is a resident breeding species in southern Thailand, Malaysia, Brunei and the Indonesian islands of Kalimantan, Sumatra and Java. This species was formerly placed in the genus Ptilinopus.
The jambu fruit dove was formally described in 1789 by the German naturalist Johann Friedrich Gmelin in his revised and expanded edition of Carl Linnaeus's Systema Naturae. He placed it with all the other doves and pigeons in the genus Columba and coined the binomial name Columba jambu. Gmelin gave the locality as Java, he based his description on the "pooni-jamboo" that had been first described in 1783 by the Irish orientalist William Marsden in his book The History of Sumatra. Punai jambu is the Malay name for the species which William wrote comes from the colour of its head which is similar to the flower of the Malay rose apple (Eugenia malaccense) tree or known to him later as jambu merah; this word jambu was used as the bird's specific epithet. The species is monotypic: no subspecies are recognised.
The jambu fruit dove was formerly placed in the genus Ptilinopus. A molecular genetic study published... Wikipedia →
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| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Danum Valley Conservation Area | 🇲🇾 Malaysia | |
| 2 | Sepilok | 🇲🇾 Malaysia | |
| 3 | Taman Negara National Park | 🇲🇾 Malaysia |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kuala Lumpur | 🇲🇾 Malaysia | |
| 2 | Singapore | 🇸🇬 Singapore |
| # | Zoo / Centre | Country | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Shedd Aquarium | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 2 | Brookfield Zoo | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 3 | Detroit Zoo | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 4 | Lincoln Park Zoo | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 5 | Rainforest Wild Asia | 🇸🇬 Singapore | |
| 6 | Johor Zoo | 🇲🇾 Malaysia | |
| 7 | National Aviary | 🇺🇸 United States |
Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Jambu Fruit-Dove sighting in Sepilok on a given day, based on 19 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 187th most-seen of the 242 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to under 5%, and over a week to about 10%, if each day is a fresh chance.
June
In that month about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Jambu Fruit-Dove in Sepilok on a given day, against under 5% in July to May, the lowest months.
Between 8 and 11 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Jambu 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.
Among the best
Of the 3 parks where we can rate Jambu Fruit-Dove sightings, Sepilok ranks 2nd at under 5%, level with the leaders once rounded. The best odds are in Danum Valley Conservation Area (Malaysia, under 5%).
Same family: Columbidae
The closest relatives of the Jambu Fruit-Dove that you can see in Sepilok (family Columbidae, Pigeons and Doves) are Green Imperial-Pigeon (about 30%), Zebra Dove (about 30%) and Pink-necked Green-Pigeon (about 20%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Jambu Fruit-Dove is recorded against all the birds logged in Sepilok (19 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.
