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;Ptilinopus iozonus | ;Ptilinopus iozonus | ||
| − | [[Image:Orange-bellied_Fruit_Dove.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by mehdhalaouate]] | + | [[Image:Orange-bellied_Fruit_Dove.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by mehdhalaouate <br/>Location: Taja, Papua ]] |
==Identification== | ==Identification== | ||
| − | + | 21 cm. Green plumage, large orange patch on the lower breast and belly, small lilac shoulder patch, pale yellow undertail coverts and a grey terminal band on the tail. | |
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==Distribution== | ==Distribution== | ||
| − | New Guinea, Aru Islands and western Papuan islands | + | [[New Guinea]], [[Aru Islands]] and western [[Papuan islands]]. |
==Taxonomy== | ==Taxonomy== | ||
==Habitat== | ==Habitat== | ||
Lowland rainforest, secondary forest and mangroves. | Lowland rainforest, secondary forest and mangroves. | ||
==Behaviour== | ==Behaviour== | ||
| − | + | Diet includes fruit from forest trees, mainly figs. | |
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| + | 1 egg is laid on platform of small sticks high in a forest tree. | ||
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{{GSearch|Ptilinopus+iozonus}} | {{GSearch|Ptilinopus+iozonus}} | ||
*[http://www.aviceda.org/abid/birdimages.php?action=birdspecies&fid=29&bid=360 View more images of this species on the ABID] | *[http://www.aviceda.org/abid/birdimages.php?action=birdspecies&fid=29&bid=360 View more images of this species on the ABID] | ||
| − | [[Category:Birds]] | + | [[Category:Birds]][[category:incomplete]] |
Revision as of 16:51, 13 November 2007
- Ptilinopus iozonus
Identification
21 cm. Green plumage, large orange patch on the lower breast and belly, small lilac shoulder patch, pale yellow undertail coverts and a grey terminal band on the tail.
Distribution
New Guinea, Aru Islands and western Papuan islands.
Taxonomy
Habitat
Lowland rainforest, secondary forest and mangroves.
Behaviour
Diet includes fruit from forest trees, mainly figs.
1 egg is laid on platform of small sticks high in a forest tree.
