Black-backed Fruit Dove
Ptilinopus cinctus
Least ConcernAves · Columbiformes · Columbidae
About
The banded fruit dove or black-backed fruit dove is a large 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.
Fun Fact
It lays a single egg on an open platform of sticks in a forest tree.
Quick Facts
Habitat
Habitat is in monsoonal rainforest.
Diet
Eats fruit from forest trees, especially figs.
Lifespan
To be updated
Threats
- Habitat Change
- Human Disturbance