Juvenile Rose Crowned Fruit Dove

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Juvenile Rose Crowned Fruit Dove
Juvenile Rose Crowned Fruit Dove

I was down at the jetty this morning and happened to look up to see what had dropped a fig on my head. I was very surprised to see this dove high above in the canopy of the very large, tall spreading Moreton Bay Figtree; a Rose-crowned Fruit Dove juvenile (Ptilinopus regina).
Despite what it says in the text below, this bird is an infrequent seasonal visitor to the island. Once it was much more common, but died out, having been considered delicious to eat.
About the Rose-crowned Fruit Dove
The rose-crowned fruit dove (Ptilinopus regina) also known as pink-capped fruit dove or Swainson's fruit dove, is a medium-sized, up to 22 cm long, green fruit dove with a grey head and breast, an orange belly, whitish throat, yellow-orange iris, and greyish green bill and feet. It has a pinkish-red crown with yellow border. The Indonesian subspecies, P. r. xanthogaster, has a whitish crown and paler grey head and breast. Both sexes are similar. The young has a green-colored crown and plumage.

The rose-crowned fruit dove is distributed in lowland rainforests of northern and eastern Australia, and monsoon forests of northern Australia, Lesser Sunda Islands and Maluku Islands of Indonesia. The diet consists mainly of various fruits, palms and vines. The female usually lays a single white egg. The single egg is frequently taken by predators.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rose-crowned_fruit_dove

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Taken on: October 31, 2020
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Camera: Canon EOS 90D, f/10.0, 1/2500 sec, 42.3mm, ISO 6400 (more info) (hide info)
Camera: Canon EOS 90D
Aperture: f/10.0
Exposure Time: 1/2500 sec
Focal Length: 42.3mm
ISO: 6400
Exposure Bias: 0 EV
Flash: No Flash
Color Space: Uncalibrated
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