COLUMBIFORMES: Columbidae

Ptilinopus cinctus  

Banded Fruit-Dove (Ptilinopus cinctus)
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© Kay Parkin 2012
Kakadu National Park, NT (Sep, 2012)

A hike through Nourlangie at sunrise allowed for brief views of a pair of these doves in a small pocket of monsoon forest. They quickly flew away. I was there for three hrs and did not see any others in the area.

Banded Fruit-Dove (Ptilinopus cinctus)

Banded Fruit-Dove

Banded Fruit-Dove (Ptilinopus cinctus)

Banded Fruit-Dove