Pigeons and Doves (Columbidae)

Negros Bleeding-heart (Gallicolumba keayi) - HBW 4, p. 180

French: Gallicolombe de Negros German: Negrostaube Spanish: Paloma Apuñalada de Negros
Other common names: Keay's Bleeding-heart, Negros (Blood-breasted) Pigeon

Taxonomy: Phlogœnas keayi W. E. Clarke, 1900, Negros.
A member of the bleeding-heart superspecies, with G. luzonica, G. criniger, G. platenae and G. menagei, which are sometimes isolated in a subgenus Gallicolumba along with G. rufigula; all of the bleeding-hearts have been considered conspecific by some authorities. Monotypic.

Distribution: Negros (CE Philippines).

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