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.

Distribution

The species is endemic to

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, where it is restricted to the western edge of the

Arnhem Land Arnhem Land is a historical region of the Northern Territory of Australia. It is located in the north-eastern corner of the territory and is around from the territorial capital, Darwin, Northern Territory, Darwin. In 1623, Dutch East India Compa ...

escarpment.

Habitat

Patches of

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Food

Fruit from forest trees, especially

figs The fig is the edible fruit of ''Ficus carica'', a species of tree or shrub in the flowering plant family Moraceae, native to the Mediterranean region, together with western and southern Asia. It has been cultivated since ancient times and i ...

Nesting

Lays single egg on open platform of sticks in a forest tree.

References

black-banded fruit dove Endemic birds of the Northern Territory black-banded fruit dove {{Columbiformes-stub