Although we understand that some checklists need to be excluded from eBird's public output due to privacy concerns or other issues, we strongly recommend against this unless absolutely necessary. Rose-crowned Fruit-doves occur mainly in sub-tropical and dry rainforest and occasionally in moist eucalypt forest and swamp forest, where fruit is plentiful. Often they are only detected by their calls or the sound of fruit dropping to the ground. This zoo has an excellent collection of Australian birds plus a few exotics. Breeding in Australasia: Lesser Sundas; n, e Australia; can be seen in 5 countries. With an affinity for fruits that are black/purple coloured, you can find these birds abundantly through Rose-crowned Fruit Dove (Ptilinopus regina) bird sounds free download on dibird.com. They swallow fruit whole and particularly like figs and the fruit of other species of rainforest trees, palms and vines. They are shy pigeons, not easy to see amongst the foliage, and are more often heard than seen. They also use Camphor Laurel as a food source. 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. Rose-crowned Fruit-Doves feed on fruit high in the canopy and can be very hard to see. The Rose-crowned Fruit-Dove is similar in size and shape to theSuperb Fruit-Dove, P. superbus, and hard to distinguish in the upper canopy. Vagrant from Port Stephens S to Tasmania. This colouration is perfect for life spent camouflaged in the tropical rainforest trees. P. r. regina Swainson, 1825 – Rose-crowned Fruit-dove – islands in Torres Strait and E Australia, from Cape York S to NE New South Wales (Port Stephens area). The diet consists mainly of various fruits, palms and vines . Often they are only detected by their calls or the sound of fruit dropping to the ground. The yellow belly and tail tip of the Rose-crowned distinguishes it from the patchy white and green belly and tail of the Superb Fruit-Dove. The rose-crowned fruit-dove is widespread throughout northern and eastern parts of Australia and Indonesia. Rose-crowned Fruit-dove (ptilinopus regina) feeding on palm fruit at Bli Bli Queensland. Vagrant from Port Stephens S to Tasmania. Rose-crowned Fruit-dove, Adelaide Zoo On a recent visit to Adelaide Zoo, I focussed particularly on bird species. Neat and tidy eaters, these doves swallow fruits whole high up in the canopy of rainforests. Rose-crowned Fruit-Dove protecting its nestling, which must have fallen out of the nest (photo courtesy of M. Eaton) [Pullenvale Forest Reserve, near Anstead, QLD, April 2017] Frontal view of a Rose-crowned Fruit-Dove nestling (photo courtesy of M. Eaton) Rose-crowned Fruit-Doves feed in the canopy of rainforest, mainly in the morning or late afternoon.