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| Sulu Bleeding-heart Gallicolumba menagei
- Male |
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| Photographer : | © Anand Krishnan/Smithsonian Institution |
| Location : | Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History, Washington, D.C., USA |
| Date : |
19 May 2016 |
| English synonyms: | Sulu Bleeding-Heart, Sulu Bleedingheart, Sulu Bleeding-heart Pigeon, Tawitawi Bleeding-heart, Tawitawi Bleeding Heart, Tawitawi Bleedingheart, Tawi-tawi Bleeding-heart, Tawi-Tawi Bleeding-heart Pigeon, Tawitawi Puñalada |
| Bird Family : | Columbidae - Pigeons & Doves |
| Bird Group : | COLUMBIFORMES |
| Red Data Status : | Critically Endangered |
| Remarks : | USNM 316130, co-type of Gallicolumba menagei, a male collected by Bourns and Worcester on 10 Oct 1891 at Tataan, Tawitawi, Philippines. Only one other male skin is known, also in the Smithsonian Collections.
Specimens are held in the collections of the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History. The photographer thanks Chris Milensky and Brian Schmidt at the museum's Division of Birds for access to specimens. |
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