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Banded fruit dove

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Banded fruit dove
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Columbiformes
Family: Columbidae
Genus: Ptilinopus
Species:
P. cinctus
Binomial name
Ptilinopus cinctus
(Temminck, 1809) [2]
Synonyms

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 and habitat

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The banded fruit dove is found in Bali, and Lesser Sunda Islands. Its habitat is in monsoonal rainforest.

Behaviour and ecology

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Breeding

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It lays a single egg on an open platform of sticks in a forest tree.

Feeding

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It eats fruit from forest trees, especially figs.

References

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  1. ^ BirdLife International (2016). "Ptilinopus cinctus". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016. IUCN: e.T22691302A93308397. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22691302A93308397.en. Retrieved 13 January 2018.
  2. ^ Temminck, 1809. Columba Cincta (protonym). Les Pigeons, par madame Knip. p. 58. BHL