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 LC    Banded Fruit-Dove* Id (Atlas): 024
    Ptilinopus alligator

Description (10)
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Other Names (World)
Grey-rumped Fruit-dove, Black-banded Fruit-Dove, Banded Pigeon, Banded Fruit-dove, Black-banded Fruit Dove

Family
Columbidae (Pigeons, Doves)

Size
32 - 35 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Collett, 1898)

Abundance (Guide)
UC

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical lowland and montane moist forest. Rugged sandstone escarpments among gorges and cliffs and rainforests. From sea-level - 1,500 m.

Range (Guide)
Australia (B).

Image of Range of Banded Fruit-Dove
Western escarpment of Arnhem Land from headwaters of South Alligator R, then southern and western from El Sherana north to Oenpelli. Distribution in virtually inaccessible central and eastern areas of the escarpment is unknown.
 
Rarity Status
Currently this species is not classified as a rarity in this country OR information has not been updated.

Status LC
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Habits
Singly or in small parties.

Food
Native fruits and berries.

Voice
A deep booming 'coo' repeated 6 - 8 times.

Xeno-Canto Sound Files

 
Black-banded Fruit Dove (Ptilinopus alligator) [XC115670]
     by Marc Anderson from Kakadu National Park (near Kakadu), Northern Territory, Australia (call)

 
Black-banded Fruit Dove (Ptilinopus alligator) [XC172215]
     by id from Kakadu National Park (near Kakadu), Northern Territory, Australia (call)

Nest
A loose, flimsy platform composed of sticks, in a small tree a few meters above the ground.

Eggs (Guide)
1; matt, white; ellipsoidal; about 37 x 26 mm.

Subspecies
Not recognized as a species by BirdLife International. Black-backed Fruit-dove (Ptilinopus cinctus) and Banded Fruit-Dove (Ptilinopus alligator) (Sibley and Monroe 1990, 1993) have been lumped into Ptilinopus cinctus following Christidis and Boles (1994).

Considered by some authors to be a subspecies of Black-backed Fruit-dove (Ptilinopus cinctus).

No subspecies.

Similar Species
In poor viewing conditions and at rest with Pied Imperial-Pigeon (Ducula bicolor) which is much larger, wholly white below and has white wings.


References
See References.


Files:
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