Red-naped Fruit Dove

Red-naped Fruit DoveThe Red-naped Fruit Dove is a fruit-eating pigeon marked by a red patch on the back of its neck. It forages in the canopy and middle storey of Sumba's forests and prefers primary forest at higher elevations.What does it look like?It is a fruit dove with a red patch on the back of the neck. The cited photograph shows an adult taken on Sumba.How does it live?The Red-naped Fruit Dove is a fruit-eating pigeon marked by a red patch on the back of its neck. It forages in the canopy and middle storey of Sumba's forests and prefers primary forest at higher elevations.It prefers primary forest at higher elevations but also occurs in secondary forest, with an exceptional record as low as 160 m. It forages for fruit in the canopy and middle storey, often in outer foliage.Keeping it safeAn extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.