Mariana Fruit Dove
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Doves and Pigeons

Mariana Fruit Dove

Ptilinopus roseicapilla

NTNear Threatened Endemic to Micronesia
Family
Doves and Pigeons (Columbidae)
Order
Columbiformes

Overview

The Mariana fruit dove (Ptilinopus roseicapilla), totot in the Northern Marianas Islands or Paluman totut on Guam, also known as mwee'mwe in the Carolinian language, is a small, up to 24 cm (9.4 in) long, green fruit dove native and endemic to the Northern Marianas Islands in the Pacific and Guam. It has a red forehead; greyish head, back and breast; and yellow belly patch and undertail coverts. Sightings of the Mariana Fruit Dove on Guam are rare with up to two sightings per year.
The female lays a single white egg.

Summary from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Range and habitat

Mariana Islands (Saipan, Tinian, Agiguan, Rota, and Guam).

Range description: AviList Global Avian Checklist.

Sources and further reading

Last updated September 29, 2026.