Yellow-breasted Fruit-Dove Ptilinopus occipitalis Scientific name definitions

28–33 cm; male 204–278 g, female 185–254 g. Front of face, forehead, crown and sides of breast light bluish grey, tinged with yellow; cheeks  , hindcrown, and nape dark purplish chestnut; central area of breast deep ­ochra­ceous yellow, with a broad band of deep crimson beneath; lower belly greyish; flanks, vent and undertail-coverts  green and creamy white; upperparts dark green. Sexes alike. Juvenile  lacks red and yellow markings; green and grey-green with yellow fringes to feathers of underparts  . Race incognitus smaller, with throat more strongly washed yellow, underpart colours deeper, and red breast patch tending to be larger.

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Lowland and mid-elevation primary forest , up to 1800 m. Also frequents selectively logged forest.

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Advertising call a repeated single overslurred cooing note (duration c. 0·4–0·5 seconds, maximum pitch c. 400–500 Hz), e.g “wUw...wUw...”, repeated every 4–8 seconds; upward inflection less noticeable than in R. leclancheri. Also a similar series of shorter, burry, almost growling coos, “rrhu...rrhu..rrhu..”, occasionally given at a fast pace.

Birds taken on Samar in Apr and May had enlarged gonads; a juvenile estimated to have hatched from egg laid in early Feb. In captivity: incubation 22 days; fledging 17 days.

Not globally threatened (Least Concern). Poorly known. Species reported to be common throughout much of range, but rare on Bohol and only recently discovered on Panay. Still present on Cebu, despite extensive deforestation there (1 Paguntalan, L.M.J. and Jakosalem, P.G. (2008). Significant records of birds in forests on Cebu island, central Philippines. Forktail 24: 48–56. Close ). Research required.