Ducula carola nigrorum (Whitehead, 1897:34)
Negros spotted imperial pigeon, Negros grey-necked imperial-pigeon, Negros grey-breasted fruit-pigeon, Negros black-breasted fruit pigeon, Black-breasted imperial pigeon
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Synonym/s: Ptilocolpa nigrorum Whitehead, 1897:34 (original combination)
Conservation Status
Missing
Last record: 1950's (29 April 1953 or later)
IUCN RedList status: "likely to be extinct"
Distribution & Habitat
Negros and Siquijor, Visayas, Philippines
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
Original scientific description:
Whitehead, J. (1897). Account of his travels in Luzon. Ptilocolpa nigrorum, sp. n. Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club 6:34.
Other references:
BirdLife International. (2012). Ducula carola. In: IUCN 2013. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.1. (http://www.iucnredlist.org). Downloaded on 24 August 2013.
Collar, Nigel J., Mallari, N. A. D. and Tabaranza, B. R. J. (1999). Threatened Birds of the Philippines: The Haribon Foundation/BirdLife International Red Data Book. Makati City: Bookmark.
Evans, T. D., Dutson, G. C. L. and Brooks, T. M. (1993). Cambridge Philippines Rainforest Project 1991: final report. BirdLife International, Cambridge, U.K.
Gibbs, D., Barnes, E. and Cox, J. (2001). Pigeons and doves. Robertsbridge, Sussex: Pica Press.
Godino, F.M.J. (2014). Negros Grey-necked Imperial-Pigeon. extinct-website.com & co.uk . Downloaded on Sunday, March 30, 2014.
Hume, Julian Pender and Walters, Michael. (2012). Extinct Birds. London: T & AD Poyser. 544 pp.
Matthews, Thomas J., Wayman, Joseph P., Cardoso, Pedro, Sayol, Ferran, Hume, Julian P., Ulrich, Werner, Tobias, Joseph A., Soares, Filipa C., Thébaud, Christophe, Martin, Thomas E. and Triantis, Kostas A. (2022). Threatened and extinct island endemic birds of the world: Distribution, threats and functional diversity. Journal of Biogeography 49(11): 1920-1940. https://doi.org/10.1111/jbi.14474 [Appendix S1 (.docx); Appendix S2 (.pdf)]
Ripley, S. D. and Rabor, D. S. (1956). Birds from Canlaon Volcano in the highlands of Negros Island in the Philippines. Condor 58(4): 283-291.