Black-chinned Fruit-dove
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The Black-chinned Fruit Dove (Ptilinopus leclancheri), also known as the Black-throated Fruit Dove or Leclancher's Dove, is a medium-sized (up to 27 cm long) bird of the Columbidae
family. The male is a colorful bird with a green belly and wings, a brown tail, a whitish grey head and neck with a purple base, red iris
and a small black patch under its yellow bill
. The female has a green head, neck and breast.
The Black-chinned Fruit Dove is distributed in lowland forests of Taiwan
and the Philippines
, where it is fairly common. On Taiwan, it is very rare, known only from four specimens.
The diet consists mainly of fruits. The female usually lays a single white egg in a nest made of twigs.
Widespread throughout its large range, the Black-chinned Fruit Dove is evaluated as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List
of Threatened Species.
Dove
Pigeons and doves constitute the bird family Columbidae within the order Columbiformes, which include some 300 species of near passerines. In general terms "dove" and "pigeon" are used somewhat interchangeably...
family. The male is a colorful bird with a green belly and wings, a brown tail, a whitish grey head and neck with a purple base, red iris
Iris (anatomy)
The iris is a thin, circular structure in the eye, responsible for controlling the diameter and size of the pupils and thus the amount of light reaching the retina. "Eye color" is the color of the iris, which can be green, blue, or brown. In some cases it can be hazel , grey, violet, or even pink...
and a small black patch under its yellow bill
Beak
The beak, bill or rostrum is an external anatomical structure of birds which is used for eating and for grooming, manipulating objects, killing prey, fighting, probing for food, courtship and feeding young...
. The female has a green head, neck and breast.
The Black-chinned Fruit Dove is distributed in lowland forests of Taiwan
Taiwan
Taiwan , also known, especially in the past, as Formosa , is the largest island of the same-named island group of East Asia in the western Pacific Ocean and located off the southeastern coast of mainland China. The island forms over 99% of the current territory of the Republic of China following...
and the Philippines
Philippines
The Philippines , officially known as the Republic of the Philippines , is a country in Southeast Asia in the western Pacific Ocean. To its north across the Luzon Strait lies Taiwan. West across the South China Sea sits Vietnam...
, where it is fairly common. On Taiwan, it is very rare, known only from four specimens.
The diet consists mainly of fruits. The female usually lays a single white egg in a nest made of twigs.
Widespread throughout its large range, the Black-chinned Fruit Dove is evaluated as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List
IUCN Red List
The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species , founded in 1963, is the world's most comprehensive inventory of the global conservation status of biological species. The International Union for Conservation of Nature is the world's main authority on the conservation status of species...
of Threatened Species.