Red-naped Fruit Dove

The red-naped fruit dove is a large fruit pigeon, reaching an average length of 35 cm. The head and upper neck are creamy white, separated from the pale pink lower neck and breast by a narrow yellowish-white band. The eponymous red patch on the back of the neck is made of long, hairy feathers. The rest of the upperparts are dark metallic to purplish blue, with dark greenish edges to the feathers. The belly and flanks are greyish-green, separated from the breast by a dark purple breast-band. The upper back and inner wing-coverts are dark bronze green. The underside of both the tail and wings is greyish-black. The undertail-coverts are coloured with green and yellow streaks, while the central rectrices are dark purple. The legs are purplish-grey and the beak is yellow-tipped grey. Only one juvenile is known, but they appear to be much greener than adults.

The species is endemic to the island of Sumba in Indonesia, where it mostly inhabits montane forests at elevations above 500 m. It is sometimes seen as low as 160 m.