Ptilinopus epius
Silhouette: L. Shyamal · PhyloPic
In 3 days ~10% in a week ~20%
Oberholser's fruit dove (Ramphiculus gularis) is a species of bird in the family Columbidae. It was formerly named P. epius, but it has since been revised to the earlier name P. gularis. It is endemic to Sulawesi. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.
It is threatened by habitat loss. Oberholser's 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 a move towards creating monophyletic genera, nine species including Oberholser's fruit dove were moved from Ptilinopus to Ramphiculus. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tangkoko Nature Reserve | 🇮🇩 Indonesia |
More parks will be added in future updates.
Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report an Oberholser's Fruit-Dove sighting in Tangkoko Nature Reserve on a given day, based on 28 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 94th most-seen of the 138 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.
February–March, May, July and October
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report an Oberholser's Fruit-Dove in Tangkoko Nature Reserve on a given day, against under 5% in April, June, August–September and November–January, the lowest months.
Between 8 and 11 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Oberholser's Fruit-Dove sightings with a recorded time, and about 6 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is seen both by day and at night.
Only Tangkoko Nature Reserve, in our data
Tangkoko Nature Reserve is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Oberholser's Fruit-Dove sightings: under 5% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Oberholser's Fruit-Dove is recorded against all the birds logged in Tangkoko Nature Reserve (28 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.
