Newly split Brown-Dove

[Godfrey "Godo" Jakosalem]

Buff-eared Brown-dove
Phapitreron nigrorum

Mambukal Mountain Resort

Canon 7d EF300 2.8+Kenko 1.4 1/50 f3.5 ISO 800 @420mm Manfrotto Tripod & Head

This is a newly split species from Phapitreron leucotis complex the P. nigrorum for Negros, Panay, Cebu, Masbate and Romblon; and P. brevirostris for Bohal, Samar, Leyte and Mindanao (del Hoyo and Collar 2014).



Buff-eared Brown-dove by cebu blackshama, on Flickr

[Agerico M. De Villa]

Hmmmm... That is why. Jenny and I have been noting that the birds we have been seeing within the Twin Lakes area have been a wee bit smaller and brawnier.

[Romy Ocon]

Looks like a lovely image with pleasing background and eye contact based on the thumbnail, Godo.

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