COLUMBIFORMES: Columbidae

Ptilinopus regina  

Rose-crowned Fruit-Dove (Ptilinopus regina)
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© Geoff Walker 2011
Mary Cairncross Reserve, QLD (Jan, 2011)

Such a colourful bird and yet so hard to see in rainforest vegetation. This bird was in a tree with Wompoo Fruit-doves, white headed pigeons and topnotch pigeons.

Rose-crowned Fruit-Dove (Ptilinopus regina)

Rose-crowned Fruit-Dove

Rose-crowned Fruit-Dove (Ptilinopus regina)

Rose-crowned Fruit-Dove

Rose-crowned Fruit-Dove (Ptilinopus regina)

Rose-crowned Fruit-Dove

Rose-crowned Fruit-Dove (Ptilinopus regina)

Rose-crowned Fruit-Dove

Rose-crowned Fruit-Dove (Ptilinopus regina)

Rose-crowned Fruit-Dove

Rose-crowned Fruit-Dove (Ptilinopus regina)

Rose-crowned Fruit-Dove

Rose-crowned Fruit-Dove (Ptilinopus regina)

Rose-crowned Fruit-Dove