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[[Image:Black-naped-Fruit-Dove-_H_and_J_Beste.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by '''[http://www.birdforum.net/member.php?u=49168 Hans&Judy Beste]''' <br />Location: [[Dumango Bone National Park]], Sulawesi, [[Indonesia]]]]
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[[Image:Black-naped-Fruit-Dove-_H_and_J_Beste.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by '''[http://www.birdforum.net/member.php?u=49168 Hans&Judy Beste]''' <br />[[Dumango Bone National Park]], [[Sulawesi]], [[Indonesia]], August 2007]]
 
;[[:Category:Ptilinopus|Ptilinopus]] melanospilus
 
;[[:Category:Ptilinopus|Ptilinopus]] melanospilus
 
==Identification==
 
==Identification==
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'''Female''' and '''young birds''' have entirely green plumages.
 
'''Female''' and '''young birds''' have entirely green plumages.
 
==Distribution==
 
==Distribution==
[[Malaysia]], the [[Philippines]], [[Java]], [[Lesser Sunda Islands]] and [[Sulawesi]].
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Southeast [[Asia]]: found in [[Indochina]], [[Malaysia]], [[Philippines]], Island of [[Borneo]], [[Indonesia]], [[Greater Sundas]], [[Sumatra]], [[Java]], [[Sulawesi]], [[Bali]], [[Mollucas]]
 
==Taxonomy==
 
==Taxonomy==
 
====Subspecies<sup>[[#References|[1]]]</sup>====
 
====Subspecies<sup>[[#References|[1]]]</sup>====
*''P.m.bangueyensis'' S [[Philippines]] and islands off n [[Borneo]]
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*''P.m.bangueyensis'': Southern [[Philippines]] and islands off northern [[Borneo]]
*''P.m.xanthorrhous'' Talaud Islands, Sangihe I. ([[Sulawesi]]) and Doi I. (n Moluccas)
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*''P.m.xanthorrhous'': Talaud Islands, Sangihe Island ([[Sulawesi]]) and Doi Island (northern [[Moluccas]])
*''P.m.melanospilus'' [[Sulawesi]], Talisei, Bangka, Lembeh and Togian islands
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*''P.m.melanospilus'': [[Sulawesi]], Talisei, Bangka, Lembeh and Togian islands
*''P.m.chrysorrhous'' Banggai Is., Sula Is. and s Moluccas (Obi and Seram)
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*''P.m.chrysorrhous'' : Banggai Island, Sula Island and southern [[Moluccas]] (Obi and Seram)
*''P.m.melanauchen'' Matasiri I., [[Java]], Lesser Sundas and islands south of [[Sulawesi]]
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*''P.m.melanauchen'': Matasiri Island, [[Java]], [[Lesser Sundas]] and islands south of [[Sulawesi]]
 
 
 
==Habitat==
 
==Habitat==
 
Lowland and hill forests.
 
Lowland and hill forests.
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The diet includes fruits, figs and berries.
 
The diet includes fruits, figs and berries.
 
====Breeding====
 
====Breeding====
One white egg is laid.
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The clutch consists of a single white egg.
 
==References==
 
==References==
#{{Ref-Clements6thDec08}}
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#{{Ref-Clements6thDec08}}#Avibase
Wikipedia
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#Wikipedia
 
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{{ref}}
 
==External Links==
 
==External Links==
 
{{GSearch|Ptilinopus+melanospilus}}  
 
{{GSearch|Ptilinopus+melanospilus}}  
 
*[http://www.orientalbirdimages.org/birdimages.php?action=birdspecies&Bird_ID=715&Bird_Image_ID=13359&Bird_Family_ID=91 View more images of this species on Orientalbirdimages]
 
*[http://www.orientalbirdimages.org/birdimages.php?action=birdspecies&Bird_ID=715&Bird_Image_ID=13359&Bird_Family_ID=91 View more images of this species on Orientalbirdimages]
 
[[Category:Birds]] [[Category:Ptilinopus]]
 
[[Category:Birds]] [[Category:Ptilinopus]]

Revision as of 21:22, 8 April 2010

Ptilinopus melanospilus

Identification

24cm

  • Green
  • Yellowy bill and iris

Male

  • Pale grey head
  • Black nape
  • Yellow throat
  • Golden yellow and pink undertail coverts

Female and young birds have entirely green plumages.

Distribution

Southeast Asia: found in Indochina, Malaysia, Philippines, Island of Borneo, Indonesia, Greater Sundas, Sumatra, Java, Sulawesi, Bali, Mollucas

Taxonomy

Subspecies[1]

  • P.m.bangueyensis: Southern Philippines and islands off northern Borneo
  • P.m.xanthorrhous: Talaud Islands, Sangihe Island (Sulawesi) and Doi Island (northern Moluccas)
  • P.m.melanospilus: Sulawesi, Talisei, Bangka, Lembeh and Togian islands
  • P.m.chrysorrhous : Banggai Island, Sula Island and southern Moluccas (Obi and Seram)
  • P.m.melanauchen: Matasiri Island, Java, Lesser Sundas and islands south of Sulawesi

Habitat

Lowland and hill forests.

Behaviour

Diet

The diet includes fruits, figs and berries.

Breeding

The clutch consists of a single white egg.

References

  1. Clements, JF. 2008. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to December 2008. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019.
  2. Avibase
  3. Wikipedia

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