Lilac-crowned Fruit Dove

Lilac-crowned Fruit DoveThe Lilac-crowned Fruit Dove is a forest pigeon endemic to the Cook Islands, where it occurs on Rarotonga and Atiu.What does it look like?The sexes look alike. The head is pale gray with a magenta crown, and belly color differs between islands: it is described as yellow with a dark magenta patch on Rarotonga and greenish-yellow on Atiu.How does it live?The Lilac-crowned Fruit Dove is a forest pigeon endemic to the Cook Islands, where it occurs on Rarotonga and Atiu.At one nest observed at Avatiu on Rarotonga in 1997, both birds incubated and cared for the chick.Keeping it safeAn extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.