Negros Fruit Dove

Negros Fruit Dove
Negros Fruit Dove
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Columbiformes
Family: Columbidae
Genus: Ptilinopus
Species: P. arcanus
Binomial name
Ptilinopus arcanus
Ripley & Rabor, 1955

The Negros Fruit Dove (Ptilinopus arcanus) is a species of bird in the Columbidae family. It is endemic to the Philippines.

Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests. It is threatened by habitat loss. In fact, there have been no recorded sightings of it since 1953; it may or may not be extinct.

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