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.