Black-Naped Fruit Dove

Black-Naped Fruit Dove

Ptilinopus Melanospilus

Eats

They are frugivores, meaning they eat fruits, figs, berries, and seeds.

Lives

Black-naped Fruit Doves are found in Indonesia, Java, the Philippines, The Maluccas and Borneo. They often live in lowland hill forests, forest edges, or even suburban areas as they are highly adaptable.

Behavior

Description

They have a green body and yellowish bill and iris. Males have a pale grey head with black nape (at the back of the head), yellow throat, and golden yellow and pink under-tail feathers.  The female and the young have entirely green plumage.  

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Least Concern
Least Concern
Near Threatened
Near Threatened
Vulnerable
Vulnerable
Endangered
Endangered
Critically Endangered
Critically Endangered
Extinct in the Wild
Extinct in the Wild
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