Family: Columbidae (Pigeons, Doves)

Authority: (Clarke, 1900)

Red List Category

Criteria: C2a(i)

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Justification of Red List category
This species has an extremely small, severely fragmented population that is likely to be undergoing a continuing decline owing to a slow rate of forest loss and trapping pressures on the two islands where it occurs. For these reasons, it is listed as Critically Endangered.

Population size: 50-249 mature individuals

Population trend: decreasing

Extent of occurrence (breeding/resident): 41,100 km²

Country endemic: yes

Attributes
Land-mass type - shelf island
Realm - Indomalayan
IUCN System - Terrestrial