Banded fruit dove
| Banded fruit dove | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Columbiformes |
| Family: | Columbidae |
| Genus: | Ptilinopus |
| Species: | P. cinctus |
| Binomial name | |
| Ptilinopus cinctus Temminck, 1810 | |
The banded fruit dove or black-backed fruit dove (Ptilinopus cinctus) is a large (38–44 cm in length, 450-570 g in weight) pigeon with white head, neck and upper breast; black back and upperwing grading to grey on rump; black tail with broad grey terminal band; underparts grey, demarcated from white head.
Distribution
Bali, and Lesser Sunda Islands.
Habitat
Patches of monsoonal rainforest.
Food
Fruit from forest trees, especially figs.
Nesting
Lays single egg on open platform of sticks in a forest tree.
References
- ↑ BirdLife International (2016). "Ptilinopus cinctus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2016.3. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 1 May 2017.
- BirdLife International. (2006). Species factsheet: Ptilinopus cinctus. Downloaded from https://www.webcitation.org/5QE8rvIqH?url=http://www.birdlife.org/ on 1 February 2007
- Higgins, P.J.; & Davies, S.J.J.F. (Eds.). (1996). Handbook of Australian, New Zealand and Antarctic Birds. Volume 3. Snipe to Pigeons. Oxford University Press: Melbourne. ISBN 0-19-553070-5
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