Colorful bird with pink, green, and white plumage perched on a branch in an indoor setting with blurred wooden background.

Pink-headed fruit dove

You can find our pink-headed fruit doves in our immersive Gems of the Jungle exhibit.

Pink-headed fruit dovePtilinopus porphyreus

  • Class:

    Birds

  • Order:

    Columbiformes

  • Family:

    Columbidae

About the pink-headed fruit dove

The pink-headed fruit dove is endemic to Indonesia where it occurs in the mountain forests of Sumatra, Java and Bali.

They feed on figs, small fruit and berries in the upper canopy of the forest, where they’re well-camouflaged amongst the green foliage.

Conservation

The pink-headed fruit dove is evaluated as Least Concern and is not yet thought to be highly threatened.

Interesting facts