Family: Columbidae (Pigeons, Doves)

Authority: (Bonaparte, 1854)

Red List Category

Criteria: B1ab(v)+2ab(v)

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Justification of Red List category
This species has a small range and may face threats from habitat clearance and degradation, and hunting. Although it appears to persist in some degraded forest, further information regarding the area of impact of hunting and population trends may mean it qualifies as Vulnerable. Therefore, it is considered to approach the threshold for Vulnerable and hence is listed as Near Threatened.

Population size: unknown

Population trend: decreasing

Extent of occurrence (breeding/resident): 69,600 km²

Country endemic: no

Attributes
Realm - Afrotropical
IUCN Ecosystem -- Terrestrial biome