It is found in American Samoa, Fiji, Marshall Islands, Niue, Samoa, Tonga, and Wallis and Futuna Islands.

Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest and subtropical or tropical mangrove forest.

The diet of Ptilinopus porphyraceus is mostly fruit, including figs, Meliaceae, Muntingia, Solanum torvum,[3] Metroxylon amicarum, and ylang ylang.

[2] It is typically solitary, and sometimes seen in pairs; it is believed to be territorial.

The crimson-crowned fruit dove has two remaining sub-species: