Tanna fruit dove

Last updated

Tanna fruit dove
Scientific classification OOjs UI icon edit-ltr.svg
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Columbiformes
Family: Columbidae
Genus: Ptilinopus
Species:
P. tannensis
Binomial name
Ptilinopus tannensis
(Latham, 1790)

The Tanna fruit dove (Ptilinopus tannensis) is a species of bird in the family Columbidae. It is endemic to Vanuatu.

Contents

Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest, subtropical or tropical moist montane forest, and heavily degraded former forest.

Taxonomy

The Tanna fruit dove falls under the Animalia kingdom, Chordata phylum, Aves class, Columbiformes order, Columbidae family, and the Ptilinopus Genus. [2]

Description  

The average length of the Tanna fruit dove is 28 – 30 cm. Its face is yellow and fades into dark green with touches of yellow towards its body. The males have a silver patch below their necks on each side of their bodies. The female Tanna fruit lacks the silver patches but has white on its lower body. Its legs are purply red, and it has a bluish-gray bill. The younger Tanna fruit doves are green with yellow rims on the end of each feather. [3]

Population and Conservations

The Tanna fruit dove is monotypic. [3] As of 2024, the population trend is decreasing. [2] Although it is not globally threatened, the Tanna fruit dove is experiencing a slow decline due to the loss of suitable large trees. [3] The current population size is unknown. [2]  It was previously considered near threatened but is now normally found in all habitats. [3] The average generation length is 3.2 years. Threats to the bird include hunting, trapping, logging, and wood harvesting. [2]

Distribution and Habitat

The Tanna fruit dove can be found in Vanuatu, a country in Oceania. This bird lives in degraded habitats that have fruit trees. [3] The Tanna fruit dove can be found in a terrestrial or artificial forest. [2] Its habitat types are forests, open woodlands, parklands, plantations, and gardens. It is most commonly found in lowlands but can also be found in mountains under 1500 m. [3] The Tanna fruit doves' upper elevation limit is 500 meters. [2] The Tanna fruit dove travels between islands. Their movement patterns are nomadic because of the ripening of fruit crops. [3]

Diet and Feeding

The Tanna fruit doves are frugivorous, meaning an animal that feeds on fruit. Their most common foods include strangler figs and mahogany trees. They feed mainly in the canopies. They do their feeding in dense areas where it's difficult to be spotted and they feed by themselves, in pairs, or in small groups. [3]

Nests and Reproduction

The Tanna fruit doves' nests are thin and made up of twigs, typically found high up in trees. They lay one white egg. Both the mom and the dad care for the young. [3]

Vocalizations

The Tanna fruit dove’s call is a repeated single coo every 2.5 seconds. The note gradually increases in volume and then has a sudden end. [3]

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Black-chinned fruit dove</span> Species of bird

The black-chinned fruit dove, also known as the black-throated fruit dove or Leclancher's dove. It is found in the lowland forests of the Philippines and Taiwan.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Wallace's fruit dove</span> Species of pigeon endemic to Indonesia

Wallace's fruit dove is a species of a bird in the pigeon family Columbidae. The name commemorates the British naturalist Alfred Russel Wallace. It is a rather large, long-tailed fruit dove with a length of 24–28 cm (9.4–11.0 in) and has been described as "one of the most beautiful" fruit doves. The forehead and crown are dull crimson, the lower face and throat are white, and the rest of the head, breast, neck, and upper back are pale bluish-grey. The wings and lower back are green and the belly is orange, separated from the chest by a white band. Both sexes look similar, but females have less extensive red on the head and a greenish tinge to their grey parts.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Orange-fronted fruit dove</span> Species of bird

The orange-fronted fruit dove is a species of bird in the family Columbidae., measuring 22-23 cm in length and weighing approximately 136 g. P. aurantiifrons is characterized by a dull green body, a distinctive bright orange forehead, and a gray collar encircling the neck. The female displays duller coloration, and juvenile P. aurantiifrons have not been described.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Makatea fruit dove</span> Species of bird

The Makatea fruit dove is a species of bird in the family Columbidae. It is endemic to French Polynesia island of Makatea in the Tuamotu Archipelago. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and is also present near villages. This bird is approximately 20 cm tall and has plumage of mostly green feathers with a dark purple crown and forehead, pale greenish-grey throat and chest, cloven lower chest feathers producing rows of shadows that appear as streaks, yellow underparts, tinged orange anteriorly. The bird's wing feathers are edged yellow. While it continues to be threatened by habitat loss, a decrease in mining since the mid 1960s has helped re-vegetation and appears to have stabilized population numbers.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Atoll fruit dove</span> Species of bird

The atoll fruit dove is a species of bird in the family Columbidae. It is endemic to the Tuamotu archipelago in French Polynesia. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and plantations. It is threatened by habitat loss.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Coroneted fruit dove</span> Species of bird

The coroneted fruit dove, also known as the lilac-capped fruit dove, is a species of bird in the family Columbidae. It is found in New Guinea. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests and subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, particularly in hilly terrain. The bird is characterised by a distinctive crest or "coronet" of feathers on its head and has a distinctive, low-pitched call. The Coroneted Fruit Dove is a brightly coloured bird with a green head, neck and breast, and a yellow belly.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Red-naped fruit dove</span> Species of bird

The red-naped fruit dove is a species of bird in the family Columbidae. It is endemic to Sumba.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">White-headed fruit dove</span> Species of bird endemic to the Solomon Islands

The white-headed fruit dove is a species of bird in the pigeon family Columbidae. It was described by the English ornithologist John Gould in 1856, and the specific name eugeniae honours the French empress Eugénie de Montijo. Adults of the species have white heads, a purplish-red breast patch, a grey shoulder patch, olive-green upperparts, greenish underparts with a blue tinge, and a yellowish vent. Juveniles have green heads with the white restricted to the forehead and upper throat, a much smaller grey shoulder patch, and the red breast patch restricted to the centre of the breast.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Carunculated fruit dove</span> Species of bird

The carunculated fruit dove is a species of bird in the family Columbidae. It is endemic to Obira.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Red-bellied fruit dove</span> Species of bird

The red-bellied fruit dove is a species of bird in the family Columbidae. It is found in lowland forest in New Caledonia, Santa Cruz Islands (Solomons), and Vanuatu, and it is common in most of its range.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Grey-headed fruit dove</span> Species of bird

The grey-headed fruit dove or gray-headed fruit dove is a species of bird in the family Columbidae. It is endemic to the northern Moluccas.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Blue-capped fruit dove</span> Species of bird

The blue-capped fruit dove is a species of bird in the family Columbidae. It is endemic to the northern Maluku Islands.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Dwarf fruit dove</span> Species of bird

The dwarf fruit dove is a species of bird in the family Columbidae. It is found in lowland and foothill forest in New Guinea and the Raja Ampat Islands.The dwarf fruit dove weighs 49 grams, about equivalent to the weight of two AA batteries. This bird is the smallest in length of the fruit dove genus.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Yellow-breasted fruit dove</span> Species of bird

The yellow-breasted fruit dove locally known as balorinay is a species of bird in the family Columbidae. It is endemic to the Philippines. Its natural habitat is tropical moist lowland forest. While it is listed as least concern in IUCN, it is declining due to habitat loss, hunting, and trapping for the illegal wildlife trade.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Crimson-crowned fruit dove</span> Species of bird

The crimson-crowned fruit dove, also the Tongan fruit dove or purple-capped fruit dove, is a species of bird in the family Columbidae. It is found in American Samoa, Fiji, Marshall Islands, Niue, Samoa, Tonga, and Wallis and Futuna Islands. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest and subtropical or tropical mangrove forest.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">White-bibbed fruit dove</span> Species of bird

The white-bibbed fruit dove is a species of bird in the family Columbidae.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Yellow-bibbed fruit dove</span> Species of bird

The yellow-bibbed fruit dove or yellow-banded fruit dove is a species of bird in the family Columbidae. It is found in the Bismarck and Solomon Islands archipelagos. The Geelvink fruit dove was formerly considered conspecific, but was split as a distinct species by the IOC in 2021.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Banggai fruit dove</span> Species of bird

The Banggai fruit dove, also called maroon-chinned fruit dove is a species of bird in the family Columbidae. It is endemic to the Banggai Islands. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests. It is threatened by habitat loss.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Purple-capped fruit dove</span> Species of bird

The purple-capped fruit dove or Pohnpei fruit dove, is a species of bird in the family Columbidae found on Chuuk and Pohnpei in the Caroline Islands. It was formerly considered as a subspecies of the crimson-crowned fruit dove. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical mangrove forests.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Kosrae fruit dove</span> Species of bird

The Kosrae fruit dove, is a species of bird in the family Columbidae found on Kosrae in the Micronesian Islands. It was formerly considered as a subspecies of the crimson-crowned fruit dove. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical mangrove forests.

References

  1. ↑ BirdLife International (2016). "Ptilinopus tannensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2016: e.T22691386A93310810. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22691386A93310810.en . Retrieved 13 November 2021.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 BirdLife International. 2016. Ptilinopus tannensis. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T22691386A93310810. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22691386A93310810.en. Accessed on 15 October 2024.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Baptista, Luis F.; Trail, Pepper W.; Horblit, H. M.; Boesman, Peter F. D.; Garcia, Ernest (2020). "Tanna Fruit-Dove (Ptilinopus tannensis), version 1.0". Birds of the World. doi:10.2173/bow.tafdov1.01species_shared.bow.project_name. ISSN   2771-3105.


This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.