Orange-bellied Fruit-Dove

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Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Columbiformes
Family:	Columbidae
Genus:	Ptilinopus
Species:	P. iozonus

Binomial name

Ptilinopus iozonus
Gray, 1858

The Orange-bellied Fruit-Dove, Ptilinopus iozonus, is a small (21 cm in length) pigeon with mainly green plumage, distinguished by a large orange patch on the lower breast and belly, a small lilac shoulder patch, pale yellow undertail coverts, and a grey terminal band on the tail.

1 Distribution
2 Habitat
3 Food
4 Nesting
5 References

[edit] Distribution

The dove is usually found in New Guinea, Aru Islands and western Papuan islands. It has been recorded from Boigu Island, Queensland, Australian territory in northern Torres Strait.

[edit] Habitat

The dove lives in lowland rainforest, secondary forest and mangroves.

[edit] Food

The dove eats the fruit from forest trees, mainly figs.

[edit] Nesting

The dove lays a single egg on a platform of small sticks high in a forest tree.

[edit] References

Beehler, Bruce M.; & Finch, Brian W. (1985). Species Checklist of the Birds of New Guinea. RAOU Monograph No.1. Royal Australasian Ornithologists Union: Melbourne. ISBN 0-9599823-2-9
Beehler, Bruce M.; Pratt, Thane K.; & Zimmerman, Dale A. (1986). Birds of New Guinea. Wau Ecology Handbook No.9. Princeton University Press. ISBN 0-691-02394-8
BirdLife International. (2006). Species factsheet: Ptilinopus iozonus. Downloaded from http://www.birdlife.org on 1 February 2007
Coates, Brian J. (1985). The Birds of Papua New Guinea. Volume 1: Non-Passerines. Dover Publications: Alderley, Queensland. ISBN 0-9590257-0-7