Ornate Fruit Dove

Ornate Fruit DoveThe Ornate Fruit Dove is a fruit-eating pigeon of New Guinea's hill and montane forests. Its crown ranges from wine-red to yellowish olive among subspecies, and the sexes look alike.What does it look like?The sexes look alike. Depending on the subspecies, the crown is wine-red or yellowish olive, and the shoulders show conspicuous silvery-blue and dark markings.How does it live?The Ornate Fruit Dove is a fruit-eating pigeon of New Guinea's hill and montane forests. Its crown ranges from wine-red to yellowish olive among subspecies, and the sexes look alike.It mainly uses hill and montane forest at middle elevations, taking small to medium-sized fruits and berries in the canopy. It may move between nearby elevations seasonally.Keeping it safeAn extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.