Today’s bird

Crimson-crowned Fruit-Dove

Ptilinopus porphyraceus

Family: Pigeons and doves

Crimson-crowned Fruit-Dove is one of the species in the BirdGuess catalog. The daily puzzle hides a photo and opens it in pieces. You get five guesses.

Did you know

  1. The diet of Ptilinopus porphyraceus is mostly fruit, including figs, Meliaceae, Muntingia, Solanum torvum, Metroxylon amicarum, and ylang ylang.

  2. It is a frugivore, feeding primarily on fruit in forest canopies.

  3. It is a small dove in the genus Ptilinopus, about 23 cm in length.

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