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Beautiful fruit dove

Tropics·Bird

During mating season, males will perch on branches near females and puff themselves up to look bigger to a potential mate. After mating, females will lay a single white egg in a nest made of loose twigs and leaves.

  • Conservation StatusLeast Concern
  • Life spanup to 15 years
  • Body sizearound 7 in.
  • Native habitat Medium altitude forests with high rainfall of Papua New Guinea and Indonesia
  • DietFruit
Black-faced Dacnis Luzon's bleeding-heart dove

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