Family: Columbidae (Pigeons, Doves)

Authority: Linnaeus, 1758

Red List Category

Criteria: A2bcde+3bcde+4bcde

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Justification of Red List category
This species is classified as Near Threatened because although it has quite a wide range, it is restricted to low-lying areas where habitat degradation is most intense. Together with hunting pressure, this is thought to be causing a moderately rapid population reduction.

Population size: 550000 mature individuals

Population trend: decreasing

Extent of occurrence (breeding/resident): 3,470,000 km²

Country endemic: no

Attributes
Realm - Neotropical
Land-mass type - oceanic island
Land-mass type - shelf island
Land-mass type - continent
Realm - Nearctic
IUCN System - Terrestrial