Rare Leyte bleeding-heart reappears after over a century of absence

MANILA, Philippines — The Leyte bleeding-heart, a subspecies that had remained undocumented for more than a century, has been photographed in the forests of Leyte, providing the first publicly known contemporary evidence of its existence. A photograph of the Leyte bleeding-heart (Gallicolumba crinigera leytensis) was obtained in the Leyte Sab-a Basin Peatland (LSBP) hydrological unit and may constitute the first documented sighting of the subspecies on the island in more than 100 years. A ground-dwelling, forest-dependent dove, the Leyte bleeding-heart is characterized by a red patch on its chest and highly cryptic behavior in dense understory and leaf-litter habitats. READ: […]... Keep on reading: Rare Leyte bleeding-heart reappears after over a century of absence

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