Ptilinopus occipitalis
In 3 days <5%
The yellow-breasted fruit dove (Ramphiculus occipitalis), known locally as balorinay, is a species of bird in the family Columbidae. It is endemic to the Philippines. Its natural habitat is tropical moist lowland forest. While it is listed as least concern in IUCN, it is declining due to habitat loss, hunting, and trapping for the illegal wildlife trade. This species was formerly placed in the genus Ptilinopus.
It is illegal to hunt, capture, or keep yellow-breasted fruit-doves under Philippine Law RA 9147. The yellow-breasted fruit dove was formally described in 1844 by the English zoologist George Gray under the binomial name Ptilopus occipitalis. The type locality is the island of Luzon in the Philippines. The specific epithet occipitalis is from Latin, meaning "of the back of the head". The yellow-breasted fruit dove was formerly placed in the genus Ptilinopus. A molecular genetic study published in 2014 found that the fruit dove genus Ptilinopus was paraphyletic. In a move towards creating monophyletic genera, nine species including the yellow-breasted fruit dove were moved from Ptilinopus to Ramphiculus. Alternative names for the yellow-breasted fruit dove include... Wikipedia →
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| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
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| 1 | Manila | 🇵🇭 Philippines |
Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Yellow-breasted Fruit-Dove sighting in Manila on a given day, based on 20 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 151st most-seen of the 191 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to under 5%, if each day is a fresh chance.
Any time of year
In every month with enough records, under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Yellow-breasted Fruit-Dove in Manila on a given day, so our monthly data shows no clear season.
Between 8 and 11 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Yellow-breasted Fruit-Dove sightings with a recorded time, and about 8 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Only Manila, in our data
Manila is the only city on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Yellow-breasted Fruit-Dove sightings: under 5% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Yellow-breasted Fruit-Dove is recorded against all the birds logged in Manila (20 verified sightings), calibrated against known sighting rates. Figures are rounded to the nearest 10% because citizen-science data supports honest approximations, not decimals, and months with records from fewer than five people show "—". How it works.
