Ducula chalconota
Head and neck dark to blue-grey, throat pinkish brown, shading to dark chesnut on belly and flanks, and pale chestnut on undertail-coverts, upperparts shining bronzy green on emerand-green, with extensive purplish red irrediscence on mantle, back and rump, tail bluish black with dark grey terminal band, iris dark red, bill blackish, dark red at base, legs purplish red. Sexes similar, but female often shows less reddish irridescence. Juvenile similar but duller.
Not Threatened.
Head and neck dark to blue-grey, throat pinkish brown, shading to dark chesnut on belly and flanks, and pale chestnut on undertail-coverts, upperparts shining bronzy green on emerand-green, with extensive purplish red irrediscence on mantle, back and rump, tail bluish black with dark grey terminal band, iris dark red, bill blackish, dark red at base, legs purplish red. Sexes similar, but female often shows less reddish irridescence. Juvenile similar but duller.
37-39 cm, 613 g
Taxonomy:
- Carpophaga chalconota Salvadori, 1874, Arfak Mountains, New Guinea. Closely allied to D. rufigaster, D. basilica and D. finschii, and sometimes considered to belong to that superspecies. Two subspecies recognized. (source: Handbook of the Birds of World)
Subspecies and Distribution:
- * chalconota (Salvadori, 1874) - mountains of Vogelkop (NW New Guinea). * smaragdina Mayr, 1931 - mountains of New Guinea (except Vogelkop), from Weyland to Owen Stanley Mts and mountains of Huon Peninsula.
Primary montane forest, generally at altitude range of 1400-2500 m, though occasionally down to 1100 m.
Frugivorous, feeding on figs and large fruits. Forages in middle and upper storey of forest.
undescribed.
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