Jambu Fruit-Dove
Ptilinopus jambu
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Chordates)
- ClassAves (Birds)
- OrderColumbiformes (Pigeons and Doves)
- FamilyColumbidae (Pigeons and Doves)
- GenusPtilinopus (Typical Fruit Doves)
- SpeciesPtilinopus jambu (Jambu Fruit-Dove)
About the Jambu Fruit-Dove
The jambu fruit dove (Ramphiculus jambu) is a smallish colourful fruit dove. It is a resident breeding species in southern Thailand, Malaysia, Brunei and the Indonesian islands of Kalimantan, Sumatra and Java. This species was formerly placed in the genus Ptilinopus.
The jambu fruit dove was formally described in 1789 by the German naturalist Johann Friedrich Gmelin in his revised and expanded edition of Carl Linnaeus's Systema Naturae. He placed it with all the other doves and pigeons in the genus Columba and coined the binomial name Columba jambu. Gmelin gave the locality as Java, he based his description on the "pooni-jamboo" that had been first described in 1783 by the Irish orientalist William Marsden in his book The History of Sumatra. Punai jambu is the Malay name for the species which William wrote comes from the colour of its head which is similar to the flower of the Malay rose apple (Eugenia malaccense) tree or known to him later as jambu merah; this word jambu was used as the bird's specific epithet. The species is monotypic: no subspecies are recognised.
The jambu fruit dove was formerly placed in the genus Ptilinopus. A molecular genetic study published... Wikipedia →
Closest Relatives at Taman Negara National Park
Little Green-Pigeon
Treron olax
Asian Emerald Dove
Chalcophaps indica
Thick-billed Green-Pigeon
Treron curvirostra
Large Green-Pigeon
Treron capellei
Spotted Dove
Spilopelia chinensis
Mountain Imperial-Pigeon
Ducula badia
Zebra Dove
Geopelia striata
Little Cuckoo-Dove
Macropygia ruficeps
Green Imperial-Pigeon
Ducula aenea
Pink-necked Green-Pigeon
Treron vernans
Wedge-tailed Green-Pigeon
Treron sphenurus
Global Distribution
Where this species is recorded worldwide. Restricted to human observations from 2019 onwards — the same kind of record and the same period the probabilities on this page are built from, so collar-tracking studies, camera-trap arrays and museum specimens are excluded. Around Santa Rosa that removes 5,924 GPS fixes from a handful of tagged jaguars.
where this species is recorded (GBIF density — it tracks where observers go, not how likely a sighting is) · parks where it occurs — tap a pin for the sighting probability there
Parks Where Found
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Danum Valley Conservation Area | 🇲🇾 Malaysia | |
| 2 | Sepilok | 🇲🇾 Malaysia | |
| 3 | Taman Negara National Park | 🇲🇾 Malaysia | |
| 4 | Tanjung Puting National Park | 🇮🇩 Indonesia | |
| 5 | Gunung Leuser National Park | 🇮🇩 Indonesia | |
| 6 | Kerinci Seblat National Park | 🇮🇩 Indonesia | |
| 7 | Kinabalu Park | 🇲🇾 Malaysia | |
| 8 | Kinabatangan Wildlife Sanctuary | 🇲🇾 Malaysia |
Quick answers
What are the chances of seeing a Jambu Fruit-Dove in Taman Negara National Park?
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Jambu Fruit-Dove sighting in Taman Negara National Park, based on 9 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data.
When is the best time to see Jambu Fruit-Dove in Taman Negara National Park?
June has the highest sighting rate for Jambu Fruit-Dove in Taman Negara National Park in our monthly data.