Mindanao Bleeding-heart
Not yet fully colored Bartlett dagger dove
The Bartlett - dagger Dove ( Gallicolumba criniger ) or sometimes fire dove is a species in the order of pigeons birds. It comes in three subspecies only on a few Southeast Asian islands. The IUCN classifies the species as endangered ( vulnerable ). The population is estimated at 1,000 to 2,500 individuals.
Appearance
The Bartlett - dagger dove reaches a body length of 27 centimeters, which is slightly larger than the Luzon Bleeding- pigeon.
The Bartlett - dagger pigeon has a high similarity to the Luzon Bleeding- pigeon. However, it has a dark gray forehead. The back of the head and neck, the sides of the chest, the jacket and the back are reddish brown and have a purple up greenish luster. The front neck is white. The striking red spot on the chest is very large that one of them subsequent breast and abdomen feathers are yellow-brown. The beak is dark. The iris is brown. The feet are reddish.
Distribution and habitat
The Bartlett - dagger dove is an endemic species of the southern Philippines and comes or arrived there on the islands of Basilan, Bohol, Dinagat, Leyte, Mindanao and Samar. She came originally probably also on Siargao. Studies on the abundance of the species, in the last years, only individuals on Bohol and Mindanao prove Basically it is in the Bartlett - dagger dove to a not very common species you under severe threat from deforestation and logging, as well as by catch.
The habitat of the Bartlett - dagger pigeon are dry lowland forests. It occurs in both the primary as well as secondary forests. Your altitudinal distribution ranges 150-750 meters.
Behavior
The Bartlett's Bleeding- dove is a purely ground-dwelling Art She is very shy and at the same time very attentive, so that it is difficult to observe in the wild. Situated Startled Bartlett dagger flying pigeons usually not on, but always looking for cover on.
The nest consists of only one egg. Incubation period is 15 to 17 days. The young bird is cared for by both parents birds. He is fledge after about twenty days. Newly hatched chicks are first covered with pale yellow dunes. At the time, the young birds leave the nest, wings are already so well trained that they cover the still short and not yet fully formed tail. The red spot on the chest is formed in the sixth week of life of the young birds.
Attitude in captivity
The Bartlett - dagger pigeon was first shown in 1863 in the London Zoo. Among the successful owners and breeders of this type belongs to the Frankfurt Zoo. This was the first Bartlett dagger pigeons in 1969. Due to the threat inventory now maintain a number of zoological gardens this Article
Inventory and risk
The existence of the Bartlett - dagger dove is estimated at around 1,000 to 2,500 adult specimens. The risk is represented mainly by the large-scale deforestation of the islands by legal and illegal logging and slash and burn, so that the occurrence of previously established at 35 locations way today to protected zones Rajah Sikatuna Protected Landscape on Bohol, Mount Hamiguitan and Mount Hilong is - Hilong limited to Mindanao. Probably stocks in Mount Malindang National Park and Mount Matutum have been preserved.