Banded Fruit Dove | |
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Information | |
Range | Bali, Lesser Sunda Islands and Australia, where it is restricted to the western edge of the Arnhem Land escarpment. |
Scientific Classification | |
Kingdom | Animalia |
Phylum | Chordata |
Class | Aves |
Order | Columbiformes |
Family | Columbidae |
Genus | Ptilinopus |
Species | Ptilinopus cinctus |
Conservation Status | |
Least Concern |
The Banded fruit dove (Ptilinopus cinctus), is a species of large (38–44 cm in length, 450-570 g in weight) dove 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 and neck by broad black band.
Distribution[]
Bali, Lesser Sunda Islands and Australia, where it is restricted to the western edge of the Arnhem Land escarpment.
Habitat[]
Patches of monsoonal rainforest.
Diet[]
Fruit from forest trees, especially figs.
Nesting[]
Lays single egg on open platform of sticks in a forest tree.