Mindanao bleeding-heart

Mindanao bleeding-heart
ssp. cringera
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Columbiformes
Family: Columbidae
Genus: Gallicolumba
Species:
G. crinigera
Binomial name
Gallicolumba crinigera
(Reichenbach, 1851)
Synonyms
  • Gallicolumba criniger
    (Pucheran, 1853) (lapsus)

The Mindanao bleeding-heart (Gallicolumba crinigera), also known as Bartlett's bleeding heart dove, Barlett's bleeding heart pigeon and the hair-breasted bleeding heart, is a species of bird in the pigeon family. It is endemic to the Philippines on the islands of Mindanao, Basilan, Samar, Leyte and Bohol. It is so named because of a red blotch on its breast. The generic name derives from a fusion of the Latin gallus ("chicken") and columba ("pigeon"). Among all five bleeding hearts, it has the largest and darkest "heart".

It is illegal to hunt, capture or possess Mindanao bleeding-hearts under Philippine Law RA 9147.[2]

  1. ^ BirdLife International (2016). "Gallicolumba crinigera". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22690991A93298783. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22690991A93298783.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
  2. ^ 11th Congress. "Republic Act No. 9147". Official Gazette of the Philippines.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)