Black-naped fruit dove

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Black-naped fruit dove
Male
Female

Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Columbiformes
Family: Columbidae
Genus: Ptilinopus
Species:
P. melanospilus
Binomial name
Ptilinopus melanospilus
(Salvadori, 1875)

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.

Male at San Diego Zoo

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