Black-banded Fruit Dove

When to see the Black-banded Fruit Dove

One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 8 months with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is September, the month with the most records.

Where to see the Black-banded Fruit Dove

The map shades 1 country with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.

About the Black-banded Fruit Dove

The black-banded 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 and neck by broad black band.

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Easily confused with

Many-colored Fruit DovePtilinopus perousiiIt is a small dove, 23 cm (9.1 in) in length. Dwarf Fruit DovePtilinopus nainusWith a total length of 13–15 centimetres (5.1–5.9 in), it is the shortest pigeon or dove in the world, but as it is relatively stocky, this species is more massive than several other small doves, weighing at 49 grams (1.7 oz). Golden DovePtilinopus luteovirensThe golden dove, also known as the golden fruit dove, lemon dove or yellow dove, is a small, approximately 20 cm (8 in) long, short-tailed fruit-dove in the family Columbidae.