The Superb Fruit-dove is mainly found in coastal rainforests of eastern Australia from Cape York south to north-eastern NSW.There are odd records as far south as Sydney and vagrants occasionally reach Victoria. Outside Australia they are widespread from Sulawesi through to New Guinea and the Solomons.

Superb-fruit-doves were once known as Purple-crowned Pigeons - the males are amongst the most beautiful of all the fruit-doves. Not easy to observe or photograph much of their time is spent up in the foliage of high rainforest trees.