Ptilinopus arcanus
This small, short-tailed bird is known for its vivid dark green feathers and an ashy-grey forehead. If you are lucky enough to spot one, look for a notable ring of naked yellow skin encircling the eye and a white throat. When the bird is perched, yellow edges on its feathers form a thin wingbar. The Negros Fruit Dove reaches about 16.5 cm in length and has a black bill with dull purplish-red feet.
Historically, this species is endemic to Negros in the Philippines. The only confirmed sighting occurred in 1953 on the slopes of Mount Kanlaon, where a pair was found in a fruiting tree at an elevation of 1,100 m. While that location sits between mid-mountain and lowland dipterocarp forests, it is thought the birds were pushed to higher ground from their preferred lower altitudes. Because other birds once thought to be unique to Negros have been found on Panay, there is a possibility the species persists on that nearby island.
Very little is known about how these birds live, though they are known to eat fruit. If any population survives, it is likely tiny, perhaps consisting of fewer than 50 individuals. The primary dangers to their continued existence include hunting and the destruction of forest habitats for timber, charcoal-burning, and agriculture. Extensive searches have failed to find the bird, leading many to fear it is gone, yet a hunter's claim of a sighting in the nineties offers a glimmer of hope for its survival.
Written from the English Wikipedia article Negros fruit dove (CC BY-SA 4.0).
These are open occurrence records, so they show where people looked for and recorded the Negros Fruit Dove as much as where it lives. Cells are up to 25 km across, and every location is generalised to its cell.
Where and when you can expect to see Negros Fruit Dove is calculated from observation density. No zones have been computed for this species yet.