Negros bleeding-heart pigeon

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]

Negros bleeding-heart
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
(Clarke, 1900)[2][1]

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
  1. BirdLife International (2013). "Gallicolumba keayi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2013. Retrieved 26 November 2013.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  2. Clarke, W.E. (1900). "Phlegoenas keayi". Ibis. 6: 359. Pl VIII
  3. "CONSERVATION OF THE CRITICALLY ENDANGERED NEGROS BLEEDING HEART PIGEON Gallicolumba keayi ON THE ISLAND OF NEGROS, PHILIPPINES" (PDF).
  4. http://www.edgeofexistence.org/species/negros-bleeding-heart/
  5. "First nesting observations of the Negros Bleeding-heart Gallicolumba keayifrom Panay, Philippines".
  6. 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.
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