Kingdom Animalia Order Columbiformes Genus Ptilinopus Higher classification Fruit dove | Phylum Chordata Family Columbidae Scientific name Ptilinopus cinctus Rank Species | |
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Similar Fruit dove, Pigeons and doves, Bird, Carunculated fruit dove, White‑headed 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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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
Banded fruit dove Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA