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.