Buru Mountain Pigeon
Long-tailed Mountain Pigeon ( Gymnophaps mada )
The Long-tailed Mountain Pigeon ( Gymnophaps mada ), also called Madataube, is a species of pigeons birds. It is found only on a few Southeast Asian islands.
Appearance
The long-tailed mountain dove reaches a body length of 36.5 centimeters, making it slightly larger than the mountain pigeon - type Alberti dove and smaller than the Pale Mountain Pigeon. In form it is similar to the other two species of pigeons, but it has among all mountain dove the longest tail feathers. The head and neck are light gray. The throat and the ear patches are white to cream-colored. The breast feathers are also white, but often tinged with reddish. On the abdomen and the under tail-coverts, the plumage color goes into a Deep Yellow Pink. The body top is smoke gray with narrow black fringed feathers, so that the plumage acts shingled here. As with all mountain dove eyes rings are featherless, very big and red.
Distribution and behavior
The Long-tailed Mountain Pigeon comes only towards two Moluccas Islands. They settled Seram and Buru, where Buru has a slightly higher population density. They settled in their area of distribution primary and old secondary forests in the mountains. It crosses flying occasionally cultivated land in the lowlands, but is found predominantly at high altitude 775-2250 meters above sea level. About the breeding biology of this species is yet unknown.