Grey-chested Dove (Leptotila cassinii) - BirdLife species factsheet

Grey-chested Dove Leptotila cassinii

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Taxonomy

Taxonomic note
Leptotila cassinii (del Hoyo and Collar 2014) was previously listed as L. cassini.

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.
SACC. 2005 and updates. A classification of the bird species of South America. Available at: #http://www.museum.lsu.edu/~Remsen/SACCBaseline.htm#.

IUCN Red List criteria met and history

Red List criteria met

Critically Endangered	Endangered	Vulnerable
-	-	-

Red List history

Year	Category	Criteria
2020	Least Concern
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

Species attributes

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

Distribution

	Estimate	Data quality
Extent of Occurrence breeding/resident (km²)	992,000	medium
Severely fragmented?	no	-

Population and trend

	Value	Data quality	Derivation	Year of estimate
Number of mature individuals	50000-499999	poor	estimated	2019
Population trend	decreasing		inferred	2010-2024
Decline % (10 years/3 generations future)	1-9	-	-	-
Decline % (10 years/3 generations past and future)	1-9	-	-	-
Generation length (years)	4.7	-	-	-

Population justification: The global population is estimated to number 50,000-499,999 mature individuals (Partners in Flight 2019).

Trend justification:

The species has undergone a moderate decline between 1970 and 2014 (Partners in Flight 2019). A remote-sensing study found that forest loss within its range over three generations was potentially 9% (Tracewski et al. 2016); thus the species may be declining by <10% over three generations.

Country/territory distribution

Country/Territory	Presence	Origin	Resident
Belize	extant	native	yes
Colombia	extant	native	yes
Costa Rica	extant	native	yes
Guatemala	extant	native	yes
Honduras	extant	native	yes
Mexico	extant	native	yes
Nicaragua	extant	native	yes
Panama	extant	native	yes

Important Bird and Biodiversity Areas (IBA)

Country/Territory	IBA Name

Habitats & altitude

Habitat (level 1)	Habitat (level 2)	Importance	Occurrence
Artificial/Terrestrial	Subtropical/Tropical Heavily Degraded Former Forest	suitable	resident
Forest	Subtropical/Tropical Moist Lowland	major	resident
Altitude	0 - 1400 m	Occasional altitudinal limits

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2023) Species factsheet: Leptotila cassinii. Downloaded from http://datazone.birdlife.org/species/factsheet/grey-chested-dove-leptotila-cassinii on 25/09/2023. Recommended citation for factsheets for more than one species: BirdLife International (2023) IUCN Red List for birds. Downloaded from http://datazone.birdlife.org on 25/09/2023.