Orange-bellied Fruit-Dove
- Orange-bellied Fruit-Dove
Taxobox
name = Orange-bellied Fruit-Dove
status = LC | status_system = IUCN3.1
image_width = 250px
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Aves
ordo = Columbiformes
familia = Columbidae
genus = "Ptilinopus"
species = "P. iozonus"
binomial = "Ptilinopus iozonus"
binomial_authority = Gray, 1858
The Orange-bellied Fruit-Dove, "Ptilinopus iozonus", is a small (21 cm in length) pigeon with mainly green plumage, distinguished by a large orange patch on the lower breast and belly, a small lilac shoulder patch, pale yellow undertail coverts, and a grey terminal band on the tail.
Distribution
The dove is usually found in New Guinea, Aru Islands and western Papuan islands. It has been recorded from Boigu Island, Queensland, Australian territory in northern Torres Strait.
Habitat
The dove lives in lowland rainforest, secondary forest and mangroves.
Food
The dove eats the fruit from forest trees, mainly figs.
Nesting
The dove lays a single egg on a platform of small sticks high in a forest tree.
References
* Beehler, Bruce M.; & Finch, Brian W. (1985). "Species Checklist of the Birds of New Guinea". RAOU Monograph No.1. Royal Australasian Ornithologists Union: Melbourne. ISBN 0-9599823-2-9
* Beehler, Bruce M.; Pratt, Thane K.; & Zimmerman, Dale A. (1986). "Birds of New Guinea". Wau Ecology Handbook No.9. Princeton University Press. ISBN 0-691-02394-8
* BirdLife International. (2006). Species factsheet: "Ptilinopus iozonus". Downloaded from http://www.birdlife.org on 1 February 2007
* Coates, Brian J. (1985). "The Birds of Papua New Guinea. Volume 1: Non-Passerines". Dover Publications: Alderley, Queensland. ISBN 0-9590257-0-7
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