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title: "Wompoo Fruit Dove"
description: "Megaloprepia magnifica — Birds. The wompoo fruit dove (Megaloprepia magnifica), also known as wompoo pigeon and \"magnificent fruit dove\" among others, is one of the larger fruit doves native to New Guinea and eastern Australia."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/animal/wompoo-fruit-dove
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Wompoo Fruit Dove

> Megaloprepia magnifica — Birds. The wompoo fruit dove (Megaloprepia magnifica), also known as wompoo pigeon and "magnificent fruit dove" among others, is one of the larger fruit doves native to New Guinea and eastern Australia.

- Scientific name: *Megaloprepia magnifica*
- Category: `birds` (Birds)
- Habitats: `forest` (Forest), `jungle` (Jungle)
- iNaturalist observations: 1952
- iNaturalist taxon: [1649776](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/1649776)

## Names

- en: Wompoo Fruit Dove
- de: Purpurbrustfruchttaube
- es: Tilopo Magnifico
- fr: Ptilope magnifique

## Countries with the most observations

AU (1784), ID (43), PG (15)

## Summary

The wompoo fruit dove (Megaloprepia magnifica), also known as wompoo pigeon and "magnificent fruit dove" among others, is one of the larger fruit doves native to New Guinea and eastern Australia.

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

## Photo

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

Photo: themaskedlapwing · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/308109563

## Machine access

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