- Black-chinned Fruit-dove
Taxobox
name = Black-chinned Fruit-dove
status = LC | status_system = IUCN3.1
image_width = 225px
regnum =Animal ia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Aves
ordo =Columbiformes
familia = Columbidae
genus = "Ptilinopus "
species = "P. leclancheri"
binomial = "Ptilinopus leclancheri"
binomial_authority = Bonaparte, 1855The Black-chinned Fruit-dove, ("Ptilinopus leclancheri") also known as the Black-throated Fruit-dove or Leclancher's Dove, is a medium-sized, up to 27cm long, bird of the Columbidae family. The male is a colorful bird with a green belly and wings, a brown tail, a whitish grey head and neck with a purple base, red iris and a small black patch under its yellow bill. The female has a green head, neck and breast.The Black-chinned Fruit-dove is distributed in lowland forests of
Taiwan and thePhilippines , where it is fairly common. On Taiwan, it is very rare, known only from four specimens.The diet consists mainly of fruits. The female usually lays a single white egg in a nest made of twigs.
Widespread throughout its large range, the Black-chinned Fruit-dove is evaluated as Least Concern on the
IUCN Red List of Threatened Species.References
* Database entry includes justification for why this species is of least concern
External links
* [http://www.birdlife.org/datazone/species/index.html?action=SpcHTMDetails.asp&sid=2663&m=0 BirdLife Species Factsheet]
* [http://www.redlist.org/search/details.php?species=48840 IUCN Red List]
* [http://www.pbase.com/liquidstone/image/37133502 Picture of a Black-chinned Fruit Dove]
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