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Black-banded fruit dove
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. DistributionThe species is endemic to Australia, where it is restricted to the western edge of the Arnhem Land escarpment. HabitatPatches of monsoonal rainforest. FoodFruit from forest trees, especially figs. NestingLays single egg on open platform of sticks in a forest tree. References
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