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The red-naped fruit dove is a large fruit pigeon, reaching an average length of 35 cm. The head and upper neck are creamy white, separated from the pale pink lower neck and breast by a narrow yellowish-white band. The eponymous red patch on the back of the neck is made of long, hairy feathers. The rest of the upperparts are dark metallic to purplish blue, with dark greenish edges to the feathers. The belly and flanks are greyish-green, separated from the breast by a dark purple breast-band. The upper back and inner wing-coverts are dark bronze green.
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When to see the Red-naped Fruit Dove
One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 7 months with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is August, the month with the most records.
Where to see the Red-naped Fruit Dove
The map shades 1 country with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.
About the Red-naped Fruit Dove
The red-naped fruit dove is a species of bird in the family Columbidae. It is endemic to Sumba.
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Easily confused with
White-capped Fruit DovePtilinopus dupetithouarsiiThe white-capped fruit dove is a colourful bird with greenish wings that are marked with blue patches.
Silver-capped Fruit DovePtilinopus richardsiiThe silver-capped fruit dove is a species of bird in the family Columbidae.
Purple-capped Fruit DovePtilinopus ponapensisThe purple-capped fruit dove or Pohnpei fruit dove, is a species of bird in the family Columbidae found on Chuuk and Pohnpei in the Caroline Islands.
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