Cream-breasted Fruit-Dove
Ramphiculus merrilli
A fairly large dove of lowland and low-elevation montane forest. Has green upperparts to the back of the neck, a gray head and chest, a creamy belly, and white under the base of the tail, scalloped green. Note the purple spot across the flight feathers. The race from northern Luzon has a dark red crown. Similar to Black-chinned Fruit-Dove, but Cream-breasted has a narrow chest band and a cream rather than green belly. Song is a drawn-out, deep quavering “brrrrrrr.”
识别特征
The cream-breasted fruit dove (Ramphiculus merrilli) or cream-bellied fruit dove is a species of bird in the family Columbidae. It is a large and primarily greenish dove with a distinctive red wing patch and cream coloured breast which it was named after. It is endemic to the Philippines found only on the islands of Luzon, Catanduanes and Polillo Islands. Its natural habitat is tropical moist lowland to montane forests of up to 1,300 masl. It is threatened by habitat loss and trapping for the pet trade. This species was formerly placed in the genus Ptilinopus. It is illegal to hunt, capture or keep cream-breasted fruit-doves under Philippine Law RA 9147.
分类信息
The cream-breasted fruit dove is one of over 50 species in the genus Ptilinopus. Within the genus, it is most closely allied with the flame-breasted fruit dove.<p>It was formerly placed in the obsolete genus Leucotreron. The species' generic name comes from the Greek ptilon (feather) and pous (foot), while the specific epithet is in honor of Elmer Drew Merrill, an American botanist. Alternative names for the cream-breasted fruit dove include Merrill's fruit dove.
- 学名
- Ramphiculus merrilli
- 命名信息
- (McGregor, 1916)
- 目
- Columbiformes
- 科
- Columbidae
- 属
- Ramphiculus
分布与栖息地
This frugivorous species is found chiefly in primary and selectively logged forest up to 1,300 m in the Sierra Madre.<p>This bird is listed as near-threatened with its primary threats being habitat loss and hunting for both food and the pet trade.
- 迁徙
- Resident species
行为
Migration pattern: Resident species.
保护状况
Population trend: declining.
- 种群趋势
- declining
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