Negros bleeding-heart pigeon

Negros bleeding-heart
A reintroduced Negros bleeding-heart in Bayawan Nature Reserve
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Columbiformes
Family: Columbidae
Genus: Gallicolumba
Species:
G. keayi
Binomial name
Gallicolumba keayi
(Clarke, 1900)[2][1]

The Negros bleeding-heart (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 population is estimated to be just 50 - 249 mature individuals. 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]

It is considered one of the Western Visayas Big 5 which includes the Walden's hornbill, Visayan spotted deer, Visayan hornbill and the Visayan warty pig.[5]

It is illegal to hunt, capture or possess Negros bleeding-hearts under Philippine Law RA 9147.[6]

  1. ^ a b BirdLife International (2018). "Gallicolumba keayi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T22690988A130328535. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T22690988A130328535.en. Retrieved 13 November 2021.
  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. ^ "Negros Bleeding-heart | Gallicolumba keayi".
  5. ^ "Talarak Big 5". Talarak Foundation.
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