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- Phapitreron cinereiceps
Identification
27 cm
- Dark olive brown above
- Warm rusty brown below
- Matt grey head
- Indistinct black line below eye
- Dark brown bare skin round eyes
- Purple and violet iridescent hindneck and nape
- Rusty breast and upper belly
- Brown vent
- Bronze brown tail with dark grey terminal band
- Grey undertail-coverts
- Red orange iris
- Purple red legs
- Black bill
Distribution
Endemic to Tawitawi (Sulu Archipelago), Philippines.
Taxonomy
This is a monotypic species.
Formerly considered conspecific with Mindanao Brown Dove under the name Dark-eared Brown Dove.
Habitat
Mangroves and lowland forests.
Behaviour
References
- Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2015. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: v2015, with updates to August 2015. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
- Avibase
- BirdLife International
- Manilla Times
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Tawitawi Brown Dove. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 13 December 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Tawitawi_Brown_Dove