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Mindoro Bleeding-heart
Gallicolumba platenae (Salvadori, 1893)
Columbidae — Pigeons, Doves
Mindoro Bleeding-heart, Gallicolumba platenae, is a ground dove found only on Mindoro in the north-west Philippines. It belongs to the pigeon and dove family and breeds in the Oriental Region on that island. Known to the Mangyan by several local names, it is a very rare bird with no official records since 2005. Its survival is under severe pressure from habitat loss caused by quarrying, land conversion and illegal logging, and it is also taken in snares set by hunters. It was described by Salvadori in 1893.
- Order
- Columbiformes
- Family
- Columbidae — Pigeons, Doves
- Breeding range
- Oriental Region: Mindoro (nw Philippines)
