This dove ranges from the Moluccas to the eastern Lesser Sunda Islands and nearby regions. Red and white on the head contrasts with green wings, and it feeds on fruit in the canopy.
It has a red crown, white face and throat, bluish-gray breast, and green wings and back. Females are usually less red and greener gray.
It feeds on small and medium fruit and berries in the canopy. It uses lowland and hill swamp or moist forest, as well as forest edges and mature secondary growth.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.