Buru mountain pigeon

Buru mountain pigeon
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Columbiformes
Family: Columbidae
Genus: Gymnophaps
Species:
G. mada
Binomial name
Gymnophaps mada
(Hartert, 1899)
Synonyms[3]

The Buru mountain pigeon, formerly also long-tailed mountain pigeon (Gymnophaps mada) is a species of bird in the pigeon family Columbidae. It is endemic to Indonesia and inhabits montane forest and disturbed lowland forest on Buru. It was formerly considered to be conspecific with the Seram mountain pigeon. It is a medium-sized pigeon 33–38.5 cm (13.0–15.2 in) long, and has a blue-grey crown and neck, darker slate-grey upperparts, and a white to pale buff-pink throat and breast that becomes buff-pink towards the belly. The species is slightly sexually dimorphic, with females being smaller and having more dark red on the breast.

The Buru mountain pigeon feeds on fruit. Its breeding season is thought to be from October to December. It is listed as being of least concern by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) on the IUCN Red List due to a sufficiently large range and a stable population. The population is estimated to be 20,000–49,999.

  1. ^ BirdLife International (2016). "Gymnophaps mada". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T45448755A95156047. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T45448755A95156047.en. Retrieved 2021-11-11.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference Hartert 1899 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ "Gymnophaps mada (Buru Mountain-Pigeon)". Avibase. Retrieved 2021-11-17.