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Taxonomic source(s)
del Hoyo, J., Collar, N.J., Christie, D.A., Elliott, A. and Fishpool, L.D.C. 2014. HBW and BirdLife International Illustrated Checklist of the Birds of the World. Volume 1: Non-passerines. Lynx Edicions BirdLife International, Barcelona, Spain and Cambridge, UK.

Red List criteria met

Critically Endangered	Endangered	Vulnerable
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Red List history

Year	Category	Criteria
2018	Least Concern
2016	Least Concern
2012	Least Concern
2009	Least Concern
2008	Least Concern
2004	Least Concern
2000	Lower Risk/Least Concern
1994	Lower Risk/Least Concern
1988	Lower Risk/Least Concern

Migratory status	not a migrant	Forest dependency	medium
Land-mass type		Average mass	-

	Estimate	Data quality
Extent of Occurrence (breeding/resident)	6,070,000 km2	medium
Severely fragmented?	no	-

	Estimate	Data quality	Derivation	Year of estimate
Population size	unknown	-	-	-
Population trend	decreasing	-	inferred	-
Generation length	5.6 years	-	-	-

Population justification: The global population size has not been quantified, but the species is described as generally common, although locally quite common in Cameroon and Gabon (Gibbs et al. 2001).

Trend justification:

The species is tentatively assessed as being in decline due to habitat loss per Tracewski et al. (2016).

Country/Territory	Presence	Origin	Resident	Breeding visitor	Non-breeding visitor	Passage migrant
Angola	extant	native	yes
Cameroon	extant	native	yes
Central African Republic	extant	native	yes
Congo	extant	native	yes
Congo, The Democratic Republic of the	extant	native	yes
Côte d'Ivoire	extant	native	yes
Equatorial Guinea	extant	native	yes
Gabon	extant	native	yes
Ghana	extant	native	yes
Guinea	extant	native	yes
Liberia	extant	native	yes
Nigeria	extant	native	yes
Rwanda	extant	native	yes
Sierra Leone	extant	native	yes
South Sudan	extant	native	yes
Sudan	extant	native	yes
Tanzania	extant	native	yes
Uganda	extant	native	yes
Zambia	extant	native	yes

Country/Territory	IBA Name
Angola	Camabatela
Angola	Cuango
Angola	Luachimo River (Chitato)
Congo, The Democratic Republic of the	Luki Forest Reserve
Congo, The Democratic Republic of the	Ngiri
Congo, The Democratic Republic of the	Salonga National Park
Congo, The Democratic Republic of the	Lomako - Yekokora
Congo, The Democratic Republic of the	Mount Hoyo Reserve
Congo, The Democratic Republic of the	Okapi Faunal Reserve
Congo, The Democratic Republic of the	Virunga National Park
Congo, The Democratic Republic of the	Maiko National Park
Congo, The Democratic Republic of the	Forests west of Lake Edward
Congo, The Democratic Republic of the	Kahuzi-Biega National Park
Congo, The Democratic Republic of the	Itombwe Mountains
Central African Republic	Ngotto
Central African Republic	Dzanga-Ndoki National Park
Congo	Nouabalé-Ndoki National Park complex
Congo	Odzala National Park complex
Congo	Léfini Faunal Reserve
Congo	Dimonika Biosphere Reserve
Congo	Lower Kouilou basin
Congo	Conkouati National Park
Côte d'Ivoire	Mount Nimba Strict Nature Reserve
Côte d'Ivoire	Gueoule and Glo Mountain Forest Reserves
Côte d'Ivoire	Peko Mountain National Park
Côte d'Ivoire	Marahoue National Park
Côte d'Ivoire	Bossematie Forest Reserve
Côte d'Ivoire	Lamto Ecological Research Station
Côte d'Ivoire	Parc National de Taï et Réserve de faune du N'Zo
Côte d'Ivoire	Mopri Forest Reserve
Cameroon	Mbam Djerem National Park
Cameroon	Banyang Mbo Wildlife Sanctuary
Cameroon	Korup National Park
Cameroon	Bakossi mountains
Cameroon	Mount Kupe
Cameroon	Yabassi
Cameroon	Mount Cameroon and Mokoko-Onge
Cameroon	Dja Faunal Reserve
Cameroon	Boumba - Bek
Cameroon	Campo Ma'an complex
Cameroon	Nki
Cameroon	Lobéké National Park
Gabon	Gamba Protected Areas Complex
Gabon	Lopé Faunal Reserve
Gabon	Ipassa Strict Nature Reserve
Gabon	Minkébé Forest Reserve
Ghana	Ankasa Resource Reserve - Nini-Sushien National Park
Ghana	Atewa Range Forest Reserve
Ghana	Bia National Park and Resource Reserve
Ghana	Boin Tano Forest Reserve
Ghana	Bosomtwe Range Forest Reserve
Ghana	Pra-Sushien Forest Reserve
Ghana	Tano-Ehuro Forest Reserve
Guinea	Massif du Ziama
Guinea	Monts Nimba (part of Mount Nimba transboundary AZE)
Equatorial Guinea	Monte Alen National Park
Equatorial Guinea	Nsork Highlands National Park
Liberia	Wologizi mountains
Liberia	Wonegizi mountains
Liberia	Lofa-Gola-Mano Complex
Liberia	Nimba mountains
Liberia	Zwedru
Liberia	Cestos - Senkwen
Liberia	Grebo
Nigeria	Gashaka-Gumti National Park
Nigeria	Cross River National Park (Oban Division)
Rwanda	Nyungwe National Park
Sierra Leone	Western Area Peninsula Forest National Park
Sierra Leone	Gola Forests
Tanzania	Minziro Forest Reserve
Uganda	Bwindi Impenetrable National Park
Uganda	Kibale National Park
Uganda	Queen Elizabeth National Park and Lake George
Uganda	Semliki National Park
Uganda	Mabira Forest Reserve
Uganda	Sango Bay area
Uganda	Budongo Forest Reserve
Zambia	Hillwood
Zambia	Source of the Zambezi
Zambia	Jimbe Drainage
Nigeria	Cross River National Park (Okwangwo Division) and Mbe Mountains
Congo	Ntokou Pikounda Reserve
Congo	Lake Télé Community Reserve
Uganda	Nabajjuzi Wetland
Uganda	Kasyoha-Kitomi Forest Reserve
Congo	Ogooué Leketi National Park
Uganda	Bugoma Central Forest Reserve

Habitat (level 1)	Habitat (level 2)	Importance	Occurrence
Artificial/Terrestrial	Plantations	suitable	resident
Forest	Subtropical/Tropical Moist Lowland	major	resident
Forest	Subtropical/Tropical Moist Montane	major	resident
Altitude	0 - 1600 m	Occasional altitudinal limits

Purpose	Primary form used	Life stage used	Source	Scale	Level	Timing
Pets/display animals, horticulture	-	-		international	non-trivial	recent

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2023) Species factsheet: Columba unicincta. Downloaded from http://datazone.birdlife.org/species/factsheet/afep-pigeon-columba-unicincta on 05/12/2023.
Recommended citation for factsheets for more than one species: BirdLife International (2023) IUCN Red List for birds. Downloaded from http://datazone.birdlife.org on 05/12/2023.