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Klaso District, West Papua, Indonesia
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Rose-crowned Fruit Dove (Ptilinopus regina), Cairns Esplanade, Queensland, Australia
Ebird checklist:
ebird.org/checklist/S48940845
Tiny green and yellow dove. Yellow-orange belly and vent (note Superb Fruit-Dove has a white belly and vent). Pink forehead, gray face and neck, and often a pinkish area on upper belly. Found in rainforests, but also in coastal vine forest. This species calls frequently, and typically with a long series of gradually accelerating notes.
Source: Ebird
ebird.org/species/rcfdov1
Black-naped Fruit Dove (Ptilinopus melanospilus melanauchen), Pua Batu Karu, Bali, Indonesia
Ebird checklist:
ebird.org/australia/checklist/S124300657
The black-naped fruit dove (Ptilinopus melanospilus), also known as the black-headed fruit dove, is a medium-sized, up to 24 cm (9.4 in) long, green fruit dove with yellowish bill and iris. The male has a pale grey head with a black nape, yellow throat, and golden yellow and pink undertail coverts. The plumage of the female and the young is entirely green.
Source: Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black-naped_fruit_dove
Annoying leaf, but first time I have got any kind of photo of this shy Superb Fruit Dove (Ptilinopus superbus), Crater Lakes, Tablelands, Queensland, Australia
Ebird checklist:
ebird.org/australia/checklist/S123536467
The superb fruit dove (Ptilinopus superbus), also known as the purple-crowned fruit dove (leading to easy confusion with the purple-capped fruit dove), is a medium-sized (22–24 cm long), colourful fruit-dove in the family Columbidae.
Source: Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Superb_fruit_dove