Tanna fruit dove

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

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

The female Tanna fruit lacks the silver patches but has white on its lower body.

The younger Tanna fruit doves are green with yellow rims on the end of each feather.

[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 Tanna fruit doves' nests are thin and made up of twigs, typically found high up in trees.

[3] The Tanna fruit dove’s call is a repeated single coo every 2.5 seconds.