32. MUSCADIVORES CHALYBURA (Bonaparte).
BONAPARTE’S IMPERIAL PIGEON.
- Carpophaga chalybura Bonaparte, Consp. Gen. Avium (1854), 2, 32.
- Carpophaga ænea Salvadori, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. (1893), 21, 190, 193 (part).
- Muscadivora ænea McGregor and Worcester, Hand-List (1906), 11 (part).
Baud, Bohol; bá-lud, Ticao, Manila, and in general use.
Bantayan (McGregor); Basilan (Everett, Steere Exp., Bourns & Worcester, McGregor); Bohol (McGregor); Catanduanes (Whitehead); Cebu (Everett, Bourns & Worcester, McGregor); Dinagat (Everett); Guimaras (Steere Exp., Bourns & Worcester); Leyte (Everett); Lubang (McGregor); Luzon (Meyer, Steere Exp., Whitehead, McGregor); Marinduque (Steere Exp.); Masbate (Steere Exp., Bourns & Worcester, McGregor); Mindanao (Everett, Koch & Schadenberg, Steere Exp., Bourns & Worcester, Goodfellow, Celestino); Mindoro (Steere Exp., Schmacker, Bourns & Worcester, McGregor, Porter); Negros (Meyer, Steere Exp., Bourns & Worcester, Keay); Panay (Bourns & Worcester); Samar (Bourns & Worcester); Semirara (Worcester); Sibuyan (McGregor); Siquijor (Bourns & Worcester, Celestino); Tablas (Bourns & Worcester); Ticao (McGregor); Verde (McGregor).
Very closely related to M. ænea but gray of hind neck and upper mantle lighter and more sharply defined from the metallic green of the back; tail with less blue tinge. Iris bright red; bill gray; legs and feet dull red.
A male from Mindoro measures: Length, 420; wing, 240; tail, 156; exposed culmen, 25; tarsus, 28.
A female from Ticao: Length, 420; wing, 232; tail, 147; exposed culmen, 24; tarsus, 25.
This is the common balud, or fruit pigeon, inhabiting the Philippines.