Conservation field note · no. 1

The Hidden Dove

Ptilinopus arcanus, Negros fruit dove

Critically Endangered

Endemic to a single island
known to science from a handful of specimens

Habitat cleared for sugarcane · hunting pressure

Recovery isn't a fence.
It's native figs and rattan planted back
into shade-crop farms.

Community reforestation · guard patrols · corridor habitat

Small steady steps,
like scrubbing a garden corner.

The dove's forest is the margin worth keeping wild.

Arthur Ibay · 4ort.mov