Celebes Bindtail Fruit Pigeon

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Celebes Bindtail Fruit Pigeon
Systematics
Class : Birds (aves)
Order : Pigeon birds (Columbiformes)
Family : Pigeons (Columbidae)
Genre : Large fruit pigeons ( Ducula )
Type : Celebes Bindtail Fruit Pigeon
Scientific name
Ducula radiata
( Quoy & Gaimard , 1830)

The Celebes binding-tailed fruit pigeon ( Ducula radiata ) is a species of pigeon birds. It occurs exclusively on an Indonesian island. There is another species of pigeon, the Celebes yellow-breasted pigeon, which has a very similar-sounding name. However, this belongs to the genus of the Indo-Pacific earth pigeons .

Appearance

The Celebes binding tail fruit pigeon reaches a body length of about 38 centimeters. It is about the size of a city pigeon. Compared to this, however, the wings are shorter and more rounded. The tail is longer.

The plumage on the head, sides of the neck and chest is light gray, as is the belly plumage. The face and throat are lighter. The under tail-coverts are matt red-brown. The posterior neck, as well as the mantle and the inner elytra are purple. The back and tail are emerald green. A gray central band runs over the tail feathers at the end, which has led to the name binding-tailed fruit dove.

Spread and behavior

The Celebes bindtail fruit pigeon is an endemic species to the island of Sulawesi . This Indonesian island lies between Borneo and New Guinea and has an area of ​​189,216 km². The Celebes binding-tailed fruit dove lives here in mountain forests and forest edges. Although it occurs in forest areas of the flatlands and in secondary forest on the edge of primary forest, it is relatively rare here. She prefers to be at altitudes above 1,100 meters and comes up to 2,400 meters above sea level. in front.

The Celebes binding-tailed fruit pigeon prefers to stay in tree tops. It occurs predominantly alone or in pairs. Outside of the breeding season, flocks of up to 20 individuals can occasionally be observed. Clutches found so far were in rock caves or on ledges of rock formations in the forest.

supporting documents

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Gibbs, p. 530
  2. ^ Gibbs, p. 530

literature

  • David Gibbs, Eustace Barnes and John Cox: Pigeons and Doves - A Guide to the Pigeons and Doves of the World . Pica Press, Sussex 2001, ISBN 90-74345-26-3 .
  • Gerhard Rösler: The wild pigeons of the earth - free living, keeping and breeding . M. & H. Schaper Verlag, Alfeld-Hannover 1996, ISBN 3-7944-0184-0 .

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