Cream-Bellied Fruit Dove
CREAM-BELLIED FRUIT DOVE
Ptilinopus merrilli faustinoi
Family Columbidae
Bird # 303 - March 2011
This is an uncommon Philippine endemic. It is about 12 3/4 inches long. There are two races, the northern race faustinoi has a crimson crown.
There was a big fruiting tree 15 minutes away from our camp. Nicky had already scoped it out the week before we arrived and noticed that the Cream-Bellied Fruit Doves and Flame-Breasted Fruit Doves, and Tarictic Hornbills went there to feed early every morning. We all wondered why they fed so briefly and left so many of the fruit behind.
Read MorePtilinopus merrilli faustinoi
Family Columbidae
Bird # 303 - March 2011
This is an uncommon Philippine endemic. It is about 12 3/4 inches long. There are two races, the northern race faustinoi has a crimson crown.
There was a big fruiting tree 15 minutes away from our camp. Nicky had already scoped it out the week before we arrived and noticed that the Cream-Bellied Fruit Doves and Flame-Breasted Fruit Doves, and Tarictic Hornbills went there to feed early every morning. We all wondered why they fed so briefly and left so many of the fruit behind.
CREAM-BELLIED FRUIT DOVE Ptilinopus merrilli faustinoi Northern Sierra Madre, Luzon, Philippines
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