Other common names for the species include Wallace's fruit pigeon, Wallace's green fruit dove, golden-fronted fruit dove, yellow-fronted fruit dove, golden-shouldered fruit dove, and crimson-capped fruit dove. It has no subspecies.
Some alternative names for this species are Wallace's fruit pigeon, Wallace's green fruit dove, golden-fronted fruit dove, yellow-fronted fruit dove, golden-shouldered fruit dove, and crimson-capped fruit dove. There are no recognized subspecies.