The black-banded fruit dove (Ptilinopus alligator) is a large (38–44 cm in length, 450-570 g in weight) pigeon with white head, neck and upper breast; black back and upperwing grading to grey on rump; black tail with broad grey terminal band; underparts grey, demarcated from white head and neck by broad black band.
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Columbiformes |
| Family: | Columbidae |
| Genus: | Ptilinopus |
| Species: | P. alligator
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| Ptilinopus alligator Collett, 1898
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Distribution edit
The species is endemic to Australia, where it is restricted to the western edge of the Arnhem Land escarpment.
Habitat edit
Patches of monsoonal rainforest.
Food edit
Fruit from forest trees, especially figs.
Nesting edit
Lays single egg on open platform of sticks in a forest tree.
References edit
- ^ BirdLife International (2016). "Ptilinopus alligator". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22691312A93308874. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22691312A93308874.en. Retrieved 13 November 2021.
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