Listen to the Sula fruit dove
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About the Sula fruit dove
The Sula fruit dove is a bird in the family Columbidae (order Columbiformes). Its conservation status on the IUCN Red List is “near threatened”.
What does the Sula fruit dove sound like?
Bird vocalisations are usually divided into songs – longer, often complex phrases used to defend territory and attract mates, sung mostly by males in the breeding season – and calls: short, simple sounds for contact, alarm, begging or flight.
The recordings here are labelled as call. Listen for differences in rhythm, pitch and repetition – the spectrum display makes it easy to see whether a sound is a pure whistle (a thin line), a harsh call (a broad band) or a trill (rapid repeated marks).
From Wikipedia
The Sula fruit dove (Ramphiculus mangoliensis) is a species of bird in the family Columbidae. It is endemic to the Sula Islands. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests. It is threatened by habitat loss.
The Sula fruit dove was formerly placed in the genus Ptilinopus. A molecular genetic study published in 2014 found that the fruit dove genus Ptilinopus was paraphyletic. In a move towards creating monophyletic genera, nine species including the Sula fruit dove were moved from Ptilinopus to Ramphiculus.
More from the family Columbidae
Rock dove
Columba livia
Common wood pigeon
Columba palumbus
Eurasian collared dove
Streptopelia decaocto
European turtle dove
Streptopelia turtur
Stock dove
Columba oenas
Spotted dove
Spilopelia chinensis
Laughing dove
Spilopelia senegalensis
Mourning dove
Zenaida macroura
Kererū
Hemiphaga novaeseelandiae
Nilgiri wood pigeon
Columba elphinstonii
Orange-breasted green pigeon
Treron bicinctus
Zebra dove
Geopelia striata
Frequently asked questions
What does a Sula fruit dove sound like?
You can hear 3 recordings of the Sula fruit dove on this page, including its call. Bird vocalisations are usually divided into songs – longer, often complex phrases used to defend territory and attract mates, sung mostly by males in the breeding season – and calls: short, simple sounds for contact, alarm, begging or flight.
Is the Sula fruit dove endangered?
The IUCN Red List classifies the Sula fruit dove as “near threatened”.
What family does the Sula fruit dove belong to?
The Sula fruit dove (Ptilinopus mangoliensis) belongs to the family Columbidae in the order Columbiformes.
Sources & credits
- Call · North Taliabu, Kepulauan Sula, North Maluku, Indonesia by Peter Wilton – CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
- Call · North Taliabu, Kepulauan Sula, North Maluku, Indonesia by Peter Wilton – CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
- Call · North Taliabu, Kepulauan Sula, North Maluku, Indonesia by Peter Wilton – CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
- Wikidata Q3410305 – CC0
- Wikipedia: Sula fruit dove – CC BY-SA 4.0
- Photo by James Eaton – CC0 1.0