Banded fruit dove


The banded fruit dove or black-backed fruit dove is a large 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.

Distribution and habitat

The banded fruit dove is found in Bali, and Lesser [Sunda Islands]. Its habitat is in monsoonal rainforest.

Behaviour and ecology

Breeding

It lays a single egg on an open platform of sticks in a forest tree.

Feeding

It eats fruit from forest trees, especially figs.