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ForestPlatform nestMedium · 208 g
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The average length of the Tanna fruit dove is 28 – 30 cm. Its face is yellow and fades into dark green with touches of yellow towards its body. The males have a silver patch below their necks on each side of their bodies. The female Tanna fruit dove lacks the silver patches but has white on its lower body. Its legs are purply red, and it has a bluish-gray bill. The younger Tanna fruit doves are green with yellow rims on the end of each feather. Voice: The Tanna fruit dove's call is a repeated single coo every 2.5 seconds. The note gradually increases in volume and then has a sudden end.
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When to see the Tanna Fruit Dove
One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 11 months with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is October, the month with the most records.
Where to see the Tanna Fruit Dove
The map shades 1 country with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.
About the Tanna Fruit Dove
The Tanna fruit dove is a species of bird in the family Columbidae. It is endemic to Vanuatu.
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Easily confused with
Ornate Fruit DovePtilinopus ornatusThe ornate fruit dove is a species of bird in the family Columbidae.
Grey-green Fruit DovePtilinopus purpuratusThe grey-green fruit dove is around 20 cm (7.9 in) in overall length and weighs 95 g (3.4 oz).
Orange DovePtilinopus victorThe orange dove or orange fruit dove is a species of bird in the pigeon family Columbidae.
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