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The species Negros Fruit Dove is possibly extinct. |
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- Ptilinopus arcanus
Identification
16.5 cm. Only known from one female specimen.
- Dark green plumage
- Ashy grey forehead
- Yellow bar on folded wing
- Whitish throat
- Yellow undertail-coverts
Male and juvenile unknown.
Distribution
One single record from Mount Canlaon in north-central Negros in the Philippines.
A search in 1991 at the type locality has failed to find the bird. Intensive hunting and habitat destruction continues and all forest below 1000 m has been cleared. If it is indeed a valid species it is certainly critically endangered or probably extinct.
Taxonomy
This is a monotypic species.
Unknown affinites and it has been suggested that the single specimen is an aberrant individual of Yellow-breasted Fruit Dove. However during the only sighting in 1953 a male was also seen and shot but the body was lost in the undergrowth. The description is based on a single female specimen.
Habitat
Evergreen forest.
The only record was at 1200 m.
Behaviour
Nothing known.
References
- Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2014. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: Version 6.9., with updates to August 2014. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
- Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved March 2015)
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2025) Negros Fruit Dove. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 5 May 2025 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Negros_Fruit_Dove
