Biology:Black-chinned fruit dove
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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. leclancheri
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| Binomial name | |
| Ptilinopus leclancheri (Bonaparte, 1855)
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Ramphiculus leclancheri | |
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 (11 in) long) bird of the family Columbidae. 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[citation needed].
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.[1]
References
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External links
Wikidata ☰ Q1272071 entry
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