Pigeons and Doves (Columbidae)

Sulu Bleeding-heart (Gallicolumba menagei) - HBW 4, p. 180

French: Gallicolombe de Tawi-Tawi German: Tawitawitaube Spanish: Paloma Apuñalada de Tawitawi
Other common names: Tawitawi Bleeding-heart

Taxonomy: Phlogoenas menagei Bourns and Worcester, 1894, Tawitawi, Philippines.
A member of the bleeding-heart superspecies, with G. luzonica, G. criniger, G. platenae and G. keayi, 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: Tawitawi in S Sulu Is (S Philippines). An old sight record from Jolo (C Sulu Is) has never been confirmed.