Sulu Bleeding-heart (Gallicolumba menagei)

Common Names:  Tawi-Tawi Bleeding-heart Discoverer:  Bourns and Worcester, 1894 Category: ENDANGERED Habitat/Distribution: Tawi-tawi's primary and secondary forests Habitat / Behavior: 11" in total length. Ground-feeder but roosts and nests on bushes or vines. The rarest of the bleeding-hearts and has not been sighted or collected since the early 1900s. Recent efforts to located this species on Tawi-Tawi by Desmond Allen have been unsuccessful. Threats: Hunting and habitat loss Conservation Efforts/Measures: Photograph Information:Courtesy of  the Oxford University Press. Drawing done by Renato C. Aquino taken from "A Guide to the Birds of the Philippines" by Dr. Robert Kennedy et al

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