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title: "Rose-crowned Fruit Dove"
description: "Ptilinopus regina — Birds. The rose-crowned fruit dove (Ptilinopus regina), also known as pink-capped fruit dove or Swainson's fruit dove, is a medium-sized fruit dove that is found in parts of southern Indonesia, northern Australia and eastern Australia."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/animal/rose-crowned-fruit-dove
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Rose-crowned Fruit Dove

> Ptilinopus regina — Birds. The rose-crowned fruit dove (Ptilinopus regina), also known as pink-capped fruit dove or Swainson's fruit dove, is a medium-sized fruit dove that is found in parts of southern Indonesia, northern Australia and eastern Australia.

- Scientific name: *Ptilinopus regina*
- Category: `birds` (Birds)
- Habitats: `forest` (Forest), `jungle` (Jungle)
- iNaturalist observations: 1046
- Wikidata: [Q1585789](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1585789)
- iNaturalist taxon: [2753](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/2753)

## Names

- en: Rose-crowned Fruit Dove
- de: Königsfruchttaube
- es: Tilopo reina
- fr: Ptilope à diadème
- nl: Swainsons jufferduif
- pt: Pomba-da-fruta-de-coroa-rosada
- pl: Owocożer królewski

## Countries with the most observations

AU (890), ID (19), TL (13)

## Summary

The rose-crowned fruit dove (Ptilinopus regina), also known as pink-capped fruit dove or Swainson's fruit dove, is a medium-sized fruit dove that is found in parts of southern Indonesia, northern Australia and eastern Australia.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rose-crowned_fruit_dove

## Photo

![Rose-crowned Fruit Dove](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/rose-crowned-fruit-dove/medium.jpg)

Photo: Barb · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/144343335

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/rose-crowned-fruit-dove?lang=en` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).