Flame-breasted fruit dove

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Flame-breasted fruit dove
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Columbiformes
Family: Columbidae
Genus: Ptilinopus
Species:
P. marchei
Binomial name
Ptilinopus marchei
Oustalet, 1880

The flame-breasted fruit dove (Ptilinopus marchei) is a species of

habitat loss, poaching for the pet trade and hunting for food.[2]

It is illegal to hunt, capture or keep flame-breasted fruit-doves under Philippine Law RA 9147.[3]

Description

It is described on EBird as "A fairly large dove. Pale gray from the belly to the sides of the chest and neck, with a sooty back and cheek, an orange chest patch with dark red below, and a pink crown and mark across the flight feathers. Similar to the Yellow-breasted Fruit-Dove, but Flame-breasted has an orange rather than yellow chest and a dark pink crown. Song is a deep, rising-then-falling 'oo-woo'." Takes flight with loud wing claps."[4]

Habitat and conservation status

It is known in lowland and hill dipterocarp forest and mid-montane forest from 450-1,500 m with some sparse records in

montane mossy forests. It is only found in primary forest being fairly sensitive and unable to thrive in secondary forest
.

This is now listed vulnerable with 2,500 to 9,999 mature individuals left in the wild. It is threatened by

habitat loss with wholesale clearance of forest habitats as a result of logging, agricultural conversion and mining activities occurring within the range. Forest cover in the Sierra Madre has declined by 83% since the 1930s and most remaining areas are under logging concessions and may suffer further from major road-building plans. Mount Banahaw is affected land conversion due to quarrying and development for tourism
.

It occurs in several protected areas but more must be done to protect these areas from poachers and loggers. The International Union for Conservation of Nature recommends more surveys be done to know the full extent of this bird and to make key habitats on Mt. Cetaceo (Cagayan Valley), Infanta, Quezon and Mount Polis as formally protected areas and to promote stricter enforcement of laws designed to stop hunting and trade.

Under the Philippine law RA9147, it is completely illegal to hunt these birds or to capture and keep them as pets.[5] As it is Vulnerable species, any violations have harsher punishments including "(c) imprisonment of six (6) months and one (1) day to one (1) year and/or a fine of One thousand pesos (P1,000.00) to One hundred thousand pesos (P100,000.00), if inflicted or undertaken against vulnerable species"

References

  1. ^ BirdLife International (2012). "Ptilinopus marchei". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
  2. ^ Allen, Desmond (2020). Birds of the Philippines. Barcelona: Lynx and Birdlife International Field Guides. pp. 68–69.
  3. ^ 11th Congress. "Republic Act No. 9147". Official Gazette of the Philippines.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  4. ^ "Flame-breasted Fruit Dove". EBird.
  5. ^ "Republic Act 9147". www.officialgazette.gov.ph. Retrieved 2021-09-08.

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