Black-banded Fruit Dove
Ptilinopus alligatorCollett, R, 1898
English (US) Black-banded Fruit Dove
The Black-banded Fruit Dove (Ptilinopus alligator) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Columbidae (Doves and Pigeons) in the order Columbiformes.
Range: north-central Australia (western escarpment of Arnhem Land)Range summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Ptilinopus alligator
- Order
- Columbiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Black-banded Fruit Dove
- Described by
- Collett, R, 1898
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Ptilopus (Leucotreron) alligator
- Described by
- Collett, R, 1898
- Type locality
- Near the sources of the South Alligator River, Arnhem Land, Australia.
- Original description
- Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1898, pt.3 p.354 pl.29
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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