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Males and females of many fruit dove species look very different. For example, the female many-colored fruit dove shares the male's crimson crown and deep pink undertail feathers, but is otherwise green, whereas the male has a crimson on the upper back and has areas of yellow, olive, cinnamon, and grey. [4] [5]
Superb fruit doves' wings whistle when they fly, and their call is a steady coo-coo-coo-coo. The breeding season lasts from September to January. A small platform of twigs is built 5–30 metres off the ground, in which the female lays one small, white egg. She incubates it during the night. The male takes his turn during the day.
The Mariana fruit dove or Marianas fruit dove (Ptilinopus roseicapilla), totot on Guam or Paluman totut in Northern Marianas Islands, also known as mwee’mwe in the Carolinian language, is a small, up to 24 cm (9.4 in) long, green fruit dove native and endemic to Guam and the Northern Marianas Islands in the Pacific.
The female is duller than the male, with a weaker breast band, and the juvenile is an even drabber version of the female. The call is a soft hoo. This dove feeds on figs, small fruit and berries in the upper canopy of the forest, where it is well-camouflaged amongst the green foliage. The pink-headed fruit dove is restricted to less than 12,000 ...
The Negros fruit dove is a small (16.5cm height), short-tailed fruit dove. It was known only by a single female specimen. It was known only by a single female specimen. The female is a vivid dark green overall with an ash-grey forehead above an extensive ring of bare yellow skin that surrounds the eye. [ 11 ]
Male feeding on the ground. The jambu fruit dove is 23–27 cm (9.1–10.6 in) long and weighs about 42 g (1.5 oz). It is a plump small-headed bird with soft feathers and very distinctive colouring including a white eye ring, orange bill and red legs in both male and female birds.
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The fruit dove's chest is also buff and flares out slightly. The legs and feet of the bird can range from red to purple-red. There are few differences between the male and female birds, [ 2 ] but the females tend to have more green on their necks.