Black-naped fruit dove
Black-naped fruit dove | |
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Male | |
Female | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Columbiformes |
Family: | Columbidae |
Genus: | Ptilinopus |
Species: | P. melanospilus
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Binomial name | |
Ptilinopus melanospilus (Salvadori, 1875)
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The black-naped fruit dove (Ptilinopus melanospilus), also known as the black-headed fruit dove, is a medium-sized, up to 24 cm (9.4 in) long, green
coverts. The plumage
of the female and the young is entirely green.
Distribution and habitat
The black-naped fruit dove is distributed in
berries. The female usually lays 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.
References
- . Retrieved 11 November 2021.
External links
- Media related to Ptilinopus melanospilus at Wikimedia Commons
- BirdLife Species Factsheet