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Black-naped Fruit-dove (Ptilinopus melanospilus) - Wiki
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Black-naped Fruit-dove
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Order: Columbiformes
Family: Columbidae
Synonyms: Ptilinopus melanospila
[Photo] Black-naped Fruit-dove (Ptilinopus melanospilus). Location: Bronx Zoo, New York - Author: self, http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Stavenn | Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.2 or any later version published by the Free Software Foundation; with no Invariant Sections, no Front-Cover Texts, and no Back-Cover Texts. A copy of the license is included in the section entitled "GNU Free Documentation License". |
The Black-naped Fruit-dove, Ptilinopus melanospilus also known as Black-headed Fruit-dove is a medium-sized, up to 24cm long, green fruit-dove with yellowish bill and iris. The male has a pale grey head with black nape, yellow throat, and golden yellow and pink undertail coverts. The female and the young have an entirely green plumages.
The Black-naped Fruit-dove is distributed in Indonesia, Malaysia and the Philippines. In Indonesia, it is found in Java, Lesser Sunda Islands and Sulawesi, where it inhabits the lowland and hill forests. The diet consists mainly of various fruits, figs and berries. The female doves usually lay one single white egg.
Widespread and common throughout its large range, the Black-naped Fruit-dove is evaluated as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species.
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| The black-naped fruit dove (Ptilinopus melanospilus), also known as the black-headed fruit dove, is a medium-sized green fruit dove with yellowish bill and iris. The male has a pale grey head with a black nape, yellow throat, and golden yellow and pink undertail coverts. The plumage of the female and the young is entirely green. The black-naped fruit dove is distributed in Indonesia, Malaysia and the Philippines. Order: Columbiformes > Family: Columbidae > Genus: Ptilinopus > Species: Ptilinopus melanospilus |
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