Current view: Data table and detailed info
Taxonomic note
Ptilinopus cinctus and P. alligator (del Hoyo and Collar 2014) were previously lumped as P. cinctus following Christidis and Boles (1994).
Taxonomic source(s)
del Hoyo, J., Collar, N.J., Christie, D.A., Elliott, A. and Fishpool, L.D.C. 2014. HBW and BirdLife International Illustrated Checklist of the Birds of the World. Lynx Edicions BirdLife International, Barcelona, Spain and Cambridge, UK.
del Hoyo, J.; Collar, N. J.; Christie, D. A.; Elliott, A.; Fishpool, L. D. C. 2014. HBW and BirdLife International Illustrated Checklist of the Birds of the World. Barcelona, Spain and Cambridge UK: Lynx Edicions and BirdLife International.
IUCN Red List criteria met and history
Red List criteria met
Red List history
Migratory status |
not a migrant |
Forest dependency |
high |
Land-mass type |
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Average mass |
243 g |
Population justification: The global population size has not been quantified, but the species is described as locally common over much of its range (Gibbs et al. 2001).
Trend justification: The population is suspected to be in decline owing to ongoing habitat destruction and fragmentation and perhaps also local hunting pressure.
Country/territory distribution
Important Bird and Biodiversity Areas (IBA)
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Species factsheet: Black-backed Fruit-dove Ptilinopus cinctus. Downloaded from
https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/factsheet/black-backed-fruit-dove-ptilinopus-cinctus on 22/12/2024.
Recommended citation for factsheets for more than one species: BirdLife International (2024) IUCN Red List for birds. Downloaded from
https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/search on 22/12/2024.