The rose-crowned fruit dove was formally described in 1825 by the English naturalist [William Swainson]].

[3] Five subspecies are recognised:[4] The rose-crowned fruit dove is 22 cm (8.7 in) long and has a grey head and breast, an orange belly, whitish throat, yellow-orange iris, and greyish green bill and feet.

The Indonesian subspecies, P. r. xanthogaster, has a whitish crown and paler grey head and breast.

The rose-crowned fruit dove is distributed in lowland rainforests of northern and eastern Australia, and monsoon forests of northern Australia, Lesser Sunda Islands and Maluku Islands of Indonesia.

Widespread and common throughout its large range, the rose-crowned fruit dove is evaluated as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species.