Black-banded Fruit Dove (Ptilinopus alligator)
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Black-banded Fruit Dove

Ptilinopus alligator Collett, 1898

243 gWeight

Most records: Australia

Least Concern

Where and when it's recorded

Most records: Australia

Black-banded Fruit Dove has been recorded at 1 of the 8,276 birding hotspots we track, in 1 country or region.

Records by month Southern Hemisphere

Where it's recorded most

  1. Kakadu National Park – Yellow WaterAustralia10 records

Countries and regions with the most records

Australia

eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.

About

The black-banded fruit dove (Ptilinopus alligator) is a large (38–44 cm in length, 450-570 g in weight) pigeon with white head, neck and upper breast; black back and upperwing grading to grey on rump; black tail with broad grey terminal band; underparts grey, demarcated from white head and neck by broad black band.

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Questions

How big is the Black-banded Fruit Dove?

The Black-banded Fruit Dove weighs around 243 g.

Where does the Black-banded Fruit Dove live?

Its breeding range: Australasia: Arnhem Land escarpment, central Top End, north-central Northern Territory (north-central Australia). It is most often recorded in Australia.

Is the Black-banded Fruit Dove endangered?

The IUCN Red List classifies the Black-banded Fruit Dove as Least Concern.

What does the Black-banded Fruit Dove eat?

Main food: Fruit.

What family is the Black-banded Fruit Dove in?

It belongs to the family Pigeons, Doves (Columbidae), order Columbiformes.

At a glance

Weight
243 g
Habitat
Forest
Diet
Fruit
Lifestyle
Perches in trees
Migration
Resident (barely migrates)
Conservation
Least Concern
More measurements
Wing
187 mm
Tail
133 mm
Bill
22 mm
Tarsus
25 mm

Averages from the AVONET dataset; length from field guides where available.

Range

Australasia: Arnhem Land escarpment, central Top End, north-central Northern Territory (north-central Australia)

Breeding range, IOC World Bird List 15.2

Classification

Family
Pigeons, Doves Columbidae
Genus
Ptilinopus

Other birds in the genus Ptilinopus

Banded Fruit DoveBanded Fruit DovePtilinopus cinctusRed-naped Fruit DoveRed-naped Fruit DovePtilinopus dohertyiPink-headed Fruit DovePink-headed Fruit DovePtilinopus porphyreusPink-spotted Fruit DovePink-spotted Fruit DovePtilinopus perlatusOrnate Fruit DoveOrnate Fruit DovePtilinopus ornatusTanna Fruit DoveTanna Fruit DovePtilinopus tannensisOrange-fronted Fruit DoveOrange-fronted Fruit DovePtilinopus aurantiifronsWallace's Fruit DoveWallace's Fruit DovePtilinopus wallaciiSuperb Fruit DoveSuperb Fruit DovePtilinopus superbusMany-colored Fruit DoveMany-colored Fruit DovePtilinopus perousiiCrimson-crowned Fruit DoveCrimson-crowned Fruit DovePtilinopus porphyraceusPurple-capped Fruit DovePurple-capped Fruit DovePtilinopus ponapensis
Black-banded Fruit Dove

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