Family: Columbidae (Pigeons, Doves)

Authority: (Bourns & Worcester, 1894)

Red List Category:

Criteria: D
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Justification of Red List category
This dove has not been recorded with certainty since 1892 despite reasonable efforts searching for it, and Cebu retains just 0.03% of its original forest cover (Collar et al. 2001). Any remaining population must therefore be tiny (<50 mature individuals). If a population does persist, it may be declining further still due to ongoing habitat loss and degradation. It is therefore listed as Critically Endangered, but following unconfirmed sightings in the mid-1990s, early 2000s and 2007-2012 (Paguntalan and Jakosalem 2008, R. Hutchinson in litt. 2016), it cannot be categorised as Extinct or tagged as Possibly Extinct until further searches have been carried out.

Population size: 1-49 mature individuals

Population trend: unknown

Extent of occurrence (breeding/resident): 550 km²

Country endemic: yes