A pigeon with a ‘bleeding heart’ has returned after 20 years: Rare Philippine bird spotted in 2026, but why its comeback may not be good news
- A camera on the Philippine island of Mindoro captured one of the country's rarest birds, confirming that the critically endangered Mindoro bleeding-heart pigeon still survives in the wild.
- The bird was spotted in August in the Puerto Galera rainforest, and is the first confirmed photograph of the species Gallicolumba platenae in two decades, according to the nonprofit organisation Centre for Conservation Innovation Ph Inc.
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- A camera on the Philippine island of Mindoro captured one of the country's rarest birds, confirming that the critically endangered Mindoro bleeding-heart pigeon still survives in the wild.
- The bird was spotted in August in the Puerto Galera rainforest, and is the first confirmed photograph of the species Gallicolumba platenae in two decades, according to the nonprofit organisation Centre for Conservation Innovation Ph Inc.
Sources: Times of India