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  • proper noun A taxonomic genus within the family Bucerotidae.

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  • Family Common Name Species Columbidae Mindoro bleeding-heart Gallicolumba platenae* Columbidae Mindoro imperial-pigeon Ducula mindorensis* Cuculidae Black-hooded coucal Centropus steerii* Strigidae Mindoro scops-owl Otus mindorensis* Strigidae Mantanani scops-owl Otus mantananensis Bucconidae Mindoro hornbill Penelopides mindorensis* Pachycephalida Green-backed whistler Pachycephala albiventris Laniidae Mountain shrike Lanius validrostris* Turdidae Ashy thrush Zoothera cinerea Muscicapidae Luzon redstart Rhyacornis bicolor Dicaeidae Scarlet-collared flowerpecker Dicaeum retrocinctum An asterisk signifies that the species 'range is limited to this ecoregion.

    Mindoro rain forests 2007

  • These include the critically endangered Negros bleeding-heart (Gallicolumba keayi), Negros fruit-dove (Ptilonopus arcanus), Tarictic hornbill (Penelopides panini), writhed-billed hornbill (Aceros waldeni), white-throated jungle flycatcher (Rhinomyias albigularis), scarlet-collared flowerpecker (Dicaeum retrocinctum), Cebu flowerpecker (Dicaeum quadricolor), and twelve endangered restricted-range bird species.

    Greater Negros-Panay rain forests 2007

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