The strange pigeon with 'blood bleeding' in the chest

With its red breasts, this strange pigeon is known as the 'heart of blood' pigeons.

Strange pigeon species in the Philippines

This strange pigeon is the Luzon dove (Gallicolumba luzonica) is a very shy, discreet bird and endemic animal of Luzon island of the Philippines.

These birds have the name of a pigeon with a heart oozing with blood because their chest has a brilliant red feather on a white background like a bleeding wound.

The red color stretched down to the abdomen so many people thought of a blood flowing down the chest of the bird.Male Luzon pigeons have bristles with brighter reds.When flirting, it puffed up its chest to show off that striking, charming red spot.

Luzon doves have short legs, long tails and gray-green wings alternating beautiful, shiny, beautiful black hairs.Because of that iridescent coat, sometimes you can see purple, royal blue, or green depending on lighting effects.

Luzon pigeons spend most of the time on the forest floor looking for foods that are nuts, fallen fruits and small insects.

This species only flies to trees when it needs rest and sleep.Their nests are built on low trees or in bushes or creepers.

They are shy, so observing them in natural habitats is quite difficult.

Sadly, this bird is severely depleted due to habitat loss and deforestation for timber and agriculture.In addition, they are very vulnerable to hunting and are often raised by locals like domestic pets.