Ptilinopus melanospilus

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Megaclassis: Osteichthyes
Cladus: Sarcopterygii
Cladus: Rhipidistia
Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha
Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes
Cladus: Elpistostegalia
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Cladus: Reptiliomorpha
Cladus: Amniota
Classis: Reptilia
Cladus: Eureptilia
Cladus: Romeriida
Subclassis: Diapsida
Cladus: Sauria
Infraclassis: Archosauromorpha
Cladus: Crurotarsi
Divisio: Archosauria
Cladus: Avemetatarsalia
Cladus: Ornithodira
Subtaxon: Dinosauromorpha
Cladus: Dinosauriformes
Cladus: Dracohors
Cladus: Dinosauria
Ordo: Saurischia
Cladus: Eusaurischia
Subordo: Theropoda
Cladus: Neotheropoda
Cladus: Averostra
Cladus: Tetanurae
Cladus: Avetheropoda
Cladus: Coelurosauria
Cladus: Tyrannoraptora
Cladus: Maniraptoromorpha
Cladus: Maniraptoriformes
Cladus: Maniraptora
Cladus: Pennaraptora
Cladus: Paraves
Cladus: Eumaniraptora
Cladus: Avialae
Infraclassis: Aves
Cladus: Euavialae
Cladus: Avebrevicauda
Cladus: Pygostylia
Cladus: Ornithothoraces
Cladus: Ornithuromorpha
Cladus: Carinatae
Parvclassis: Neornithes
Cohors: Neognathae
Cladus: Neoaves
Cladus: Columbimorphae
Ordo: Columbiformes

Familia: Columbidae
Subfamilia: Ptilinopinae
Genus: Ptilinopus
Species: Ptilinopus melanospilus
Subspecies P. m. bangueyensis – P. m. chrysorrhous – P. m. melanauchen – P. m. melanospilus – P. m. xanthorrhous
Name

Ptilinopus melanospilus (Salvadori, 1875)
Synonymy

Jotreron melanospila (protonym)
Ptilinopus melanospila (orth. err.)

References

Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Genova 7: 670.

Vernacular names
català: Ptilinop de clatell negre
Cymraeg: Turtur ffrwythau warddu
dansk: Sortnakket Frugtdue
Deutsch: Schwarznacken-Fruchttaube
English: Black-naped Fruit Dove
Esperanto: Nigronuka fruktokolombo
español: Tilopo nuquinegro
français: Ptilope turgris
Bahasa Indonesia: Walik kembang
italiano: Tortora beccafrutta nucanera
日本語: カルカヤバト
Nederlands: Zwartnekjufferduif
norsk: Svartnakkefruktdue
پنجابی: کلسری کگی
português: Pomba-da-fruta-de-testa-negra
русский: Чернозатылочный пёстрый голубь
svenska: Svartnackad fruktduva

The black-naped fruit dove (Ptilinopus melanospilus), also known as the black-headed fruit dove, is a medium-sized, up to 24 cm (9.4 in) long, green fruit dove with yellowish bill and iris. The male has a pale grey head with a black nape, yellow throat, and golden yellow and pink undertail coverts. The plumage of the female and the young is entirely green.
Distribution and habitat
Male at San Diego Zoo

The black-naped fruit dove is distributed in Indonesia, Malaysia and the Philippines. In Indonesia, it is found in Java, Lesser Sunda Islands and Sulawesi, where it inhabits the lowland and hill forests. The diet consists mainly of various fruits, figs and berries. The female usually lays one single white egg.

Widespread and common throughout its large range, the black-naped fruit dove is evaluated as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species.
References

BirdLife International (2016). "Ptilinopus melanospilus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22691558A93316491. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22691558A93316491.en. Retrieved 11 November 2021.