Superb Fruit-Dove

Greenhoose, Iron Range NP, Cape York, FN Qld IMG_2411 20191215 - male

Notes: Small fruit dove, forages high in rainforests. White belly, green-spotted undertail.
Male: purple crown, rufous nape, black breast-band. Female: plain green w. dark dorsal
spots, small purple cap. Juvenile: all-green cap, yellow edging to wing coverts.
Mostly a summer migrant from PNG.

Range from Morcombe^©(modified)

Greenhoose, Iron Range NP, Cape York, FN Qld IMG_1667 20191211 - adult female: green w. minimal yellow edging of
wing coverts, red legs, dark dorsal spots. CLICK for another pic.

Greenhoose, Iron Range NP, Cape York, FN Qld IMG_1657 20191211 - male. CLICK for another pic.

Lake Eacham, Crater Lakes NP, FN Qld IMG_6325 20180227 - male

Behana Gorge, Gordonvale, FNE Qld IMG_6383 20240202 - female. CLICK for another pic on 20240226.

Behana Gorge, Gordonvale, FNE Qld IMG_6362 20240202 - male

location MVI_6666 20160909