How big is a Banded Fruit Dove?

The Banded Fruit Dove is a medium sized bird weighing about 243 g.

Where can you see a Banded Fruit Dove?

The Banded Fruit Dove occurs in 2 countries, including Indonesia and Timor-Leste.

What does a Banded Fruit Dove sound like?

You can listen to a field recording of the Banded Fruit Dove on this page, contributed to xeno-canto under open licences.

What birds look similar to a Banded Fruit Dove?

The Banded Fruit Dove is most easily confused with the Red-bellied Fruit Dove, the Beautiful Fruit Dove and the Claret-breasted Fruit Dove.

Is the Banded Fruit Dove endangered?

The Banded Fruit Dove is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List.

Banded Fruit Dove

Ptilinopus cinctus

Doves and Pigeons · Columbiformes · Rare

The Banded Fruit Dove (Ptilinopus cinctus) is a rare doves and pigeon found in 2 countries, weighing about 243 g. The banded fruit dove or black-backed fruit dove is a large 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.

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Banded Fruit Dove (Ptilinopus cinctus), photo 1 — Photo: James Eaton · http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/

Banded Fruit Dove (Ptilinopus cinctus), photo 2 — Photo: Forest Botial-Jarvis · http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Banded Fruit Dove (Ptilinopus cinctus), photo 3 — Photo: desertnaturalist · http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Banded Fruit Dove (Ptilinopus cinctus), photo 4 — Photo: James Eaton · http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/

Banded Fruit Dove (Ptilinopus cinctus), photo 5 — Photo: Julia Moning · http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Banded Fruit Dove (Ptilinopus cinctus), photo 6 — Photo: Christoph Moning · http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Banded Fruit Dove (Ptilinopus cinctus), photo 7 — Photo: Christoph Moning · http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Banded Fruit Dove (Ptilinopus cinctus), photo 8 — Photo: Christoph Moning · http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Banded Fruit Dove (Ptilinopus cinctus), photo 9 — Photo: Christoph Moning · http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Banded Fruit Dove (Ptilinopus cinctus), photo 10 — Photo: (c) Christoph Moning, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

About the Banded Fruit Dove

The banded fruit dove or black-backed fruit dove is a large 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.

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How to identify it

The banded fruit dove has a white head, dark gray back, a yellow underbelly, and a black breast-band above the white breast and grey belly.

What the Banded Fruit Dove sounds like

Recording: Untung Sarmawi · CC0 · via xeno-canto

Where it lives

Indonesia Timor-Leste

When to see it

Best months: January, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November, December, with peak activity in August. It is a variable species across most of its range.

Easily confused with

Quick questions

How do you identify a Banded Fruit Dove?: The banded fruit dove has a white head, dark gray back, a yellow underbelly, and a black breast-band above the white breast and grey belly.
How big is a Banded Fruit Dove?: The Banded Fruit Dove is a medium sized bird weighing about 243 g.
Where can you see a Banded Fruit Dove?: The Banded Fruit Dove occurs in 2 countries, including Indonesia and Timor-Leste.
What does a Banded Fruit Dove sound like?: You can listen to a field recording of the Banded Fruit Dove on this page, contributed to xeno-canto under open licences.
What birds look similar to a Banded Fruit Dove?: The Banded Fruit Dove is most easily confused with the Red-bellied Fruit Dove, the Beautiful Fruit Dove and the Claret-breasted Fruit Dove.
Is the Banded Fruit Dove endangered?: The Banded Fruit Dove is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List.

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