Bleeding Heart Dove aka Luzon Bleeding Heart

The Luzon bleeding-heart is a secretive dove that is named for the red spot on its breast, which resembles a bleeding wound.

As its common name suggests, the Luzon bleeding-heart inhabits the island of Luzon in the Philippines, as well as two neighbouring islands.

The Luzon bleeding-heart feeds on the ground, eating a variety of seeds, fruits and invertebrates.

Like other pigeons and doves, the Luzon bleeding-heart feeds its young on nutritious ‘crop milk’, a secretion from a pouch near the adult’s throat.

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Filmed in 2014 at Paradise Park in Cornwall

Video Produced by Paul Dinning - Wildlife in Cornwall

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