Red Turtle-dove (Streptopelia tranquebarica)

Red Turtle-dove Streptopelia tranquebarica

Current view: Data table and detailed info

Taxonomy

Taxonomic source(s)
Christidis, L. and Boles, W.E. 2008. Systematics and Taxonomy of Australian Birds. CSIRO Publishing, Collingwood, Australia.
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.

IUCN Red list criteria met and history

Red List criteria met

Critically Endangered	Endangered	Vulnerable
-	-	-

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

Species attributes

Migratory status	full migrant	Forest dependency	Medium
Land mass type		Average mass	-

Distribution

	Estimate	Data quality
Extent of Occurrence breeding/resident (km2)	19,000,000
Extent of Occurrence non-breeding (km2)	18,300,000
Number of locations		-
Severely Fragmented		-

Population and trend

	Value	Data quality	Derivation	Year of estimate
No. of mature individuals	unknown	not applicable	not applicable	0
Population trend	Decreasing		inferred	-
Decline (3 years/1 generation past)		-	-	-
Decline (5 years/1 generation past)		-	-	-
Decline (10 years/1 generation past)		-	-	-
Decline (10 years/3 generation future)		-	-	-
Decline (10 years/3 generation past and future)		-	-	-
Number of subpopulations		-	-	-
Percentage in largest subpopulation		-	-	-
Generation length (yrs)	5.3	-	-	-

Population justification: The global population size has not been quantified, but the species is described as common to abundant (Gibbs et al. 2001), while national population sizes have been estimated at c.10,000-100,000 breeding pairs in China and c.10,000-100,000 breeding pairs in Taiwan (Brazil 2009).

Trend justification:

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

Country/territory distribution

Country/Territory	Occurrence status	Presence	Resident	Breeding	Non-breeding	Passage
Afghanistan	V	Extant
Bangladesh	N	Extant
Bhutan	N	Extant
Cambodia	N	Extant
China (mainland)	N	Extant
India	N	Extant
Indonesia	N	Extant		Yes
Iran, Islamic Republic of	V	Extant			Yes
Japan	N	Extant
Laos	N	Extant
Myanmar	N	Extant
Nepal	N	Extant
North Korea	V	Extant
Oman	V	Extant				Yes
Pakistan	N	Extant
Philippines	N	Extant		Yes
Russia	V	Extant
Russia (Asian)	V	Extant
Singapore	I	Extant	Yes
Sri Lanka	N	Extant			Yes
Taiwan, China	N	Extant
Thailand	N	Extant
United Arab Emirates	V	Extant
Vietnam	N	Extant

Important Bird and Biodiversity Areas (IBA)

Country/Territory	IBA Name
Iran, Islamic Republic of	Chahbahar Bay and Khor Konarak

Habitats & altitude

Habitat (level 1)	Habitat (level 2)	Importance	Occurrence
Forest	Subtropical/Tropical Dry	suitable	non-breeding
Forest	Subtropical/Tropical Dry	suitable	breeding
Forest	Subtropical/Tropical Moist Lowland	suitable	non-breeding
Forest	Subtropical/Tropical Moist Lowland	suitable	breeding
Savanna	Dry	suitable	non-breeding
Savanna	Dry	suitable	breeding
Shrubland	Subtropical/Tropical Dry	suitable	non-breeding
Shrubland	Subtropical/Tropical Dry	suitable	breeding
Altitude	0 - 1300 m	Occasional altitudinal limits

Utilisation

Purpose	Primary form used	Life stage used	Source	Scale	Level	Timing
Food - human	-	-			Non-trivial	Recent
Pets/display animals, horticulture	-	-			Non-trivial	Recent

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2023) Species factsheet: Streptopelia tranquebarica. Downloaded from http://www.birdlife.org on 02/04/2023. Recommended citation for factsheets for more than one species: BirdLife International (2023) IUCN Red List for birds. Downloaded from http://www.birdlife.org on 02/04/2023.