Banded fruit dove
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.
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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 | |
Distribution and habitat
The banded fruit dove is found in Bali, and Lesser Sunda Islands. Its habitat is in monsoonal rainforest.
Behaviour and ecology
Breeding
It lays a single egg on an open platform of sticks in a forest tree.
Feeding
It eats fruit from forest trees, especially figs.
References
- BirdLife International (2016). "Ptilinopus cinctus". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN. 2016: e.T22691302A93308397. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22691302A93308397.en. Retrieved 13 January 2018.
- 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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