BANDED FRUIT-DOVE

Photographed at Gubara Pools, Kakadu, Northern Territory, October 2018

1261                  BANDED FRUIT-DOVE                   Ptilinopus cinctus    

AUSTRALIA.              758

Occurs in small groups, pairs or alone in pockets of rainforest. Feeds on figs and other fruits. Shy and often hidden in foliage. Inhabits rugged sandstone escarpments with patches of monsoon rainforest and fruit trees, never far from water. Range restricted to Arnhem land in Northern Territory.

ROSE-CROWNED FRUIT-DOVE

Photographed at Samsonvale, Queensland January 2016

743          ROSE-CROWNED FRUIT-DOVE              Ptilinopus regina

Australia          (586)

Also known as Red-crowned Fruit-dove, Fruit-pigeon or Pigeon. 20-25 cm.Found in rainforests, vine scrubs; adjacent eucalypt forests woodlands; swamp woodlands, mangroves, berry or fruit-bearing trees in farms, gardens, public and private. Range: coastal nw., n. and e. Aust. and coastal islands, from c. Broome (WA) to Arnham Land, e to Pellet Group (NT), and from Torres Strait islands and C. York Pen (Q) s. to c. Hunter R (NSW); casual s. coast NSW, s Vic. and Tas. Fairly common and migratory. Dispersive and nomadic.