Banded Fruit-Dove

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Banded Fruit-Dove
Conservation status
Least Concern
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, 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 and neck by broad black band.

Contents 1 Distribution 2 Habitat 3 Food 4 Nesting 5 References

[edit] Distribution

Bali, Lesser Sunda Islands and Australia, where it is restricted to the western edge of the Arnhem Land escarpment.

[edit] Habitat

Patches of monsoonal rainforest.

[edit] Food

Fruit from forest trees, especially figs.

[edit] Nesting

Lays single egg on open platform of sticks in a forest tree.

[edit] References

• BirdLife International. (2006). Species factsheet: Ptilinopus cinctus. Downloaded from 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