Yellow-breasted fruit pigeon

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Yellow-breasted fruit pigeon
Yellow-breasted fruit pigeon

Yellow-breasted fruit pigeon

Systematics
Class : Birds (aves)
Order : Pigeon birds (Columbiformes)
Family : Pigeons (Columbidae)
Genre : Downy pigeons ( Ptilinopus )
Type : Yellow-breasted fruit pigeon
Scientific name
Ptilinopus occipitalis
GR Gray , 1844
Yellow-breasted fruit pigeon

The yellow-breasted fruit pigeon ( Ptilinopus occipitalis ) is a species of pigeon birds that is one of the so-called fruit pigeons . It occurs in two subspecies in Southeast Asia.

The population of the yellow-breasted pigeon was classified in the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species in 2016 as " Least Concern (LC) " = "not endangered".

Appearance

The yellow breasted fruit pigeon reaches a body length of 32 centimeters. It is therefore a medium-sized, compactly built pigeon with comparatively short legs and a narrow beak, which is about smaller than a city ​​pigeon . The tail accounts for between 9.4 and 10.7 centimeters. The beak is between 1.5 and 1.7 inches long. The gender dimorphism is so weak that the sexes can hardly be distinguished.

Appearance of the adult birds

The front of the head, the crown and the sides of the chest are light ash gray. The plumage is interspersed with yellow or green in individual individuals. The back of the head, the nape of the neck and the cheeks are deep purple-brown. The mantle and the wing-coverts are dark green, the wing-coverts being slightly lighter than the mantle. The wings are black with a greenish tinge on the outside flags. The arm wings are green with fine yellow borders on the outer flags. The back, the rump and the upper tail-coverts are dark green, individual feathers have a bronze border. The tail is also green on the top, but the shade of green is slightly lighter than that of the back.

The chin and throat are white with a slightly yellowish tinge. The front neck and sides of the chest are light grayish. In the middle of the chest there is a large golden yellow spot that extends almost over the entire chest at the bottom. Sharply set off from this is a red-violet band that runs across the upper belly, the rear belly is ash gray. The flanks, the thighs and the feathered legs are green. The under tail-coverts are pale creamy yellow. The tail is gray on the underside with a paler gray end band.

The iris is yellowish to orange. The featherless eye ring is gray. The beak is bright red with a yellowish to greenish-yellow tip. The feet are bright red.

Appearance of the young birds

The young birds resemble the adult pigeons in their plumage, but they still lack the red shade on the head and the yellow and red plumage on the chest and stomach. The underside of the body is greenish gray with yellow feather edges.

Distribution area and habitat

The yellow breasted pigeon is endemic to the Philippine islands. It occurs on Basilan , Biliran , Bohol , Camiguin Island , Catanduanes, Cebu , Dinagat , Leyte , Luzon , Mindanao , Mindoro , Marinduque , Negros , Panay , Samar and Sibuyan .

On these islands the yellow-breasted pigeon inhabits the lowlands and the forests of the foothills. It occurs in both primary and secondary forests up to altitudes of 1800 meters.

Way of life

The yellow-breasted pigeon lives solitary or in pairs. Little is known about their way of life. A young bird was observed in May on Mindanao and yellow-breasted pigeons in courtship mood in March and April on other islands, suggesting that the breeding season falls in the first half of the year.

attitude

Yellow-breasted pigeons were first imported to Great Britain in 1967. The first breeding of this species took place there in 1970. The first German breeding took place in 1977 in the Walsrode bird park . The recruited young birds fledged at 14 days of age and then began to climb around the branches. At this point they were about half the size of the adult birds. At the age of half a year, the young birds began to switch to the plumage of the adult birds. The young birds ate fruit and insect food.

literature

  • David Gibbs, Eustace Barnes and John Cox: Pigeons and Doves - A Guide to the Pigeons and Doves of the World . Pica Press, Sussex 2001, ISBN 90-74345-26-3 .
  • Gerhard Rösler: The wild pigeons of the earth - free living, keeping and breeding . M. & H. Schaper Verlag, Alfeld-Hannover 1996, ISBN 3-7944-0184-0 .

Web links

Commons : Yellow-breasted pigeon ( Ptilinopus occipitalis )  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Ramphiculus occipital in the endangered Red List species the IUCN 2016 Posted by: BirdLife International, 2016. Retrieved on October 10, 2017th
  2. ^ Gibbs, Barnes and Cox: Pigeons and Doves , p. 463.
  3. ↑ a b Gibbs, Barnes and Cox: Pigeons and Doves , p. 464.
  4. ↑ Rösler: The wild pigeons of the earth , p. 269