{"id":123385,"date":"2026-09-08T13:50:59","date_gmt":"2026-09-08T08:20:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=123385"},"modified":"2026-09-08T13:50:59","modified_gmt":"2026-09-08T08:20:59","slug":"mindoro-bleeding-heart-pigeon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/mindoro-bleeding-heart-pigeon\/","title":{"rendered":"Mindoro bleeding-heart Pigeon"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Mindoro bleeding-heart Pigeon Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Recently, Mindoro bleeding-heart pigeon reappeared after 20 years which confirmed that it is still surviving in the wild.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Mindoro bleeding-heart Pigeon<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is a ground-dwelling pigeon endemic <\/span><b>to Mindoro, Philippines.<\/b><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is one of seven species of bleeding-hearts, or \u201cbleeding-heart\u201d doves, five of which are endemic to the Philippines.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><b>Appearance: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It measures about 30 cm in length and has orange-red spot on white chest, together with the iridescent green plumage on its head and neck.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><b>Habitat:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> It has generally been described as a <\/span><b>lowland forest specialist,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> typically occurring at elevations of around 400 meters (1,300 feet), and occasionally up to 800 m (2,600 ft).<\/span><\/li>\n<li><b>Behaviour:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> It is <\/span><b>ground-dwelling and<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> usually takes flight only when threatened.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Males and females look almost identical.<\/span><\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><b>Conservation Status: IUCN Red List:\u00a0 <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Critically Endangered (CR)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><b>Threats: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is threatened by <\/span><b>hunting and habitat loss.<\/b>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Its habitat is affected by <\/span><b>slash-and-burn agriculture, agricultural use<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, rattan harvesting, and marble quarrying.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Source: <\/b><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/science\/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\/articleshow\/133755269.cms\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">TOI<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mindoro bleeding-heart pigeon is a ground-dwelling pigeon endemic to Mindoro, Philippines. Read more about Mindoro bleeding-heart Pigeon, Habitat, Conservation Status.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":123441,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[10108],"class_list":["post-123385","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-upsc-prelims-current-affairs","tag-mindoro-bleeding-heart-pigeon","no-featured-image-padding"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/123385","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/24"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=123385"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/123385\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":123432,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/123385\/revisions\/123432"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/123441"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=123385"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=123385"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=123385"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}