• Source: Yellow-breasted fruit dove

The yellow-breasted fruit dove (Ptilinopus occipitalis) locally known as balorinay is a species of bird in the family Columbidae. It is endemic to the Philippines. Its natural habitat is tropical moist lowland forest. While it is listed as least concern in IUCN, it is declining due to habitat loss, hunting, and trapping for the illegal wildlife trade.
It is illegal to hunt, capture, or keep yellow-breasted fruit-doves under Philippine Law RA 9147.




Description and taxonomy



EBird describes the bird as "A medium-sized dove of lowland and mid-elevation forest canopy. Distinguished by green upperparts, tail, thighs, and sides, gray crown and sides to the neck, yellow breast, maroon patch on the belly, and maroon stripe from the eye around the back of the head. Similar to Flame-breasted Fruit-Dove, but has a yellow rather than orange chest and pale gray in front of the eyes. Song is a deep, downslurred “woo-oo."
It is locally known as siete colores, which means 7 colors and has been nicknamed by birdwatchers as sapin-sapin, which is a multicolored Filipino desert.
The yellow-breasted fruit dove is one of over 50 species in the genus Ptilinopus. Within the genus, it is most closely allied to the red-eared fruit dove and the Lompobattang fruit dove.
The species was formerly placed in the obsolete genus Leucotreron.
The species' generic name comes from the Ancient Greek ptilon (feather) and pous (foot), while the specific epithet occipitalis is from Latin, meaning "of the back of the head". Alternative names for the yellow-breasted fruit dove include sulphur-breasted fruit dove.
There are two recognised subspecies. However, they are recognised only on the basis on minor differences in size and plumage, and may be better treated as monotypic.

P. o. occipitalis – Gray & Mitchell, 1844: The nominate subspecies, it is found in the north and central Philippines from southern Luzon to Negros, Bohol, and Leyte.
P. o. incognitus – Tweeddale, 1877: It is found in the southeastern Philippines, in the mountains of Dinagat, Camiguin, Mindanao and Basilan. Birds from the Mindanao highlands have occasionally been separated as brevipes on the basis of differences in plumage.




Ecology and behavior


It is a frugivore.The Philippine green pigeon usually occurs singly or in small groups with other doves to feed on fruiting trees. Its flight is fast and direct, with the regular beats and an occasional sharp flick of the wings that are characteristic of pigeons in general.




Habitat and conservation status


Its natural habitat is moist tropical primary lowland forest up to 1,800 meters above sea level.
The IUCN has classified the species as being of least concern but the population is believed to be declining due to deforestation from land conversion, Illegal logging and slash-and-burn farming. This species also experiences hunting pressure for both meat and the pet trade.




References






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Gibbs, David; Barnes, Eustace (2010). Pigeons and Doves: A Guide to Pigeons and Doves of the World. Christopher Helm. ISBN 978-1-4081-3555-6.

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