Black-naped Fruit Dove Ptilinopus melanospilus/(melanospila)

Black-naped Fruit Dove male
Black-naped Fruit Dove male
Fruit Doves are a diverse and colourful genus of fruit-eating, forest-dwelling doves/pigeons from southeast Asia and Australasia. The male is often more colourful than the female. For the Black-naped (Black-headed) Fruit Dove, only the male has a black nape; the female is mostly green. They are native to the southern Philippines, Java, Bali and some Malaysian islands.
Black-naped Fruit Dove
Black-naped Fruit Dove
Black-naped Fruit Dove
Above is the male Black-naped Fruit Dove with his black nape, a white head and yellow chin. He also has a yellow lower belly and a partial red undertail.
Black-naped Fruit Dove pair
Black-naped Fruit Dove hen
Black-naped Fruit Dove female
The female, above, is mostly green with dark wingtips. Like Imperial Pigeons, the smaller Fruit Doves digest the fruit but pass the seeds undamaged to disperse and regenerate their food plant.
Black-naped Fruit Dove
Black-naped Fruit Dove hen or juvenile
Black-naped Fruit Dove female or juvenile
Juveniles have similar plumage to females.