Pigeons and Doves (Columbidae)

Black-backed Fruit-dove (Ptilinopus cinctus) - HBW 4, p. 205

French: Ptilope à ceinture German: Weißkopf-Fruchttaube Spanish: Tilopo Dorsinegro
Other common names: Banded/White-headed Fruit-dove, White-headed(!)/Black-banded/Banded Pigeon

Taxonomy: Columba Cincta Temminck, 1810, Timor.
Formerly placed in genus Leucotreron; a later proposal returned present species to genus Ptilinopus, but within subgenus Leucotreron along with P. alligator, P. dohertyi and P. porphyreus; these four species currently considered to form a superspecies. Present species is the sister taxon of P. alligator, and these two forms are considered conspecific by some authorities; more work needed to clarify this question. Validity of race baliensis has been questioned, as very similar to albocinctus. Six subspecies recognized.