| Negros bleeding-heart | |
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| Gallicolumba keayi as Phlegoenas keayi | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Columbiformes |
| Family: | Columbidae |
| Genus: | Gallicolumba |
| Species: | G. keayi |
| Binomial name | |
| Gallicolumba keayi | |
The Negros bleeding-heart pigeon (Gallicolumba keayi) is endemic to the Philippines where it is found on the islands of Negros and Panay. It is critically endangered; continuing rates of forest loss on the two islands where it occurs suggest that it will continue to decline. The species has an extremely small, severely fragmented population.[3] The bird is listed as an EDGE species under the analysis of the Zoological Society of London.[4]
Description
25 cm (10-in) is its total length. Ground-feeder but roosts and nests on bushes or vines; seen in pairs in a flock. Birds with enlarged gonads recorded in April and May and a recent fledgling obtained on May 3. Nest and eggs are undescribed.[5]
Distribution and habitat
The Negros bleeding-heart lives primarily in primary and secondary forest. They are threatened by hunting and habitat loss.[6]
References
- ^ a b BirdLife International (2013). "Gallicolumba keayi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2013. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
- ^ Clarke, W.E. (1900). "Phlegoenas keayi". Ibis. 6: 359. Pl VIII
- ^ "CONSERVATION OF THE CRITICALLY ENDANGERED NEGROS BLEEDING HEART PIGEON Gallicolumba keayi ON THE ISLAND OF NEGROS, PHILIPPINES" (PDF).
- ^ http://www.edgeofexistence.org/species/negros-bleeding-heart/
- ^ "First nesting observations of the Negros Bleeding-heart Gallicolumba keayifrom Panay, Philippines".
- ^ Klop, Erik; Curio, Eberhard; de Soye, Yves (January 1998). "A new population of Bleeding-heart Pigeon (Gallicolumba sp.) and its conservation relevance on Panay, Philippines". Journal für Ornithologie. 139 (1): 76–77. doi:10.1007/bf01651320. ISSN 0021-8375.