Family Pigeons, Doves (Columbidae)
Vulnerable
Red-naped Fruit-dove (Ptilinopus dohertyi)
Taxonomy
French: Ptilope de Sumba German: Rahmkopf-Fruchttaube Spanish: Tilopo de Sumba
Other common names:
Doherty's Fruit-dove
Taxonomy:
Ptilopus dohertyi
Rothschild
, 1896,Sumba
.Distribution:
Sumba (Lesser Sundas).
Descriptive notes
35 cm. Head and upper part of neck cream-coloured; lower part of neck and breast pale pink with a narrow yellowish white border; large crimson patch on nape and hindneck;... read more
Voice
Advertising call is a single hoot repeated at intervals of c. 2–3 seconds. This hoot may vary from... read more
Habitat
Inhabits forested areas, chiefly or perhaps exclusively. Has been collected at 500 m, and is known... read more
Food and feeding
No information available.
Breeding
No information available, although courtship has been observed in Aug.
Movements
No information available.
Status and conservation
VULNERABLE. Surveys in 1992 estimated the total population at c.7452 birds; species was widespread, with higher densities in primary forest at higher elevations. Much... read more
Formerly placed in genus Leucotreron; appears to be closely related to P. cinctus (which see), P. alligator and P. porphyreus. Monotypic.