Rodrigues Blue-pigeon (Alectroenas payandeei)

Rodrigues Blue-pigeon Alectroenas payandeei

Current view: Data table and detailed info

Taxonomy

Taxonomic note
Alectroenas payandeei (del Hoyo and Collar 2014) was described from subfossil remains by Hume (2011).

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.

IUCN Red list criteria met and history

Red List criteria met

Critically Endangered	Endangered	Vulnerable
-	-	-

Red List history

Year	Category	Criteria
2016	Extinct
2014	Extinct

Species attributes

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

Distribution

	Estimate	Data quality
Number of locations		-
Severely Fragmented		-

Population and trend

	Data quality	Derivation	Year of estimate
No. of mature individuals			0
Population trend			-
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	-	-	-

Population justification: The species is extinct, and was not even recorded by the first collectors to visit Rodrigues.

Country/territory distribution

Country/Territory	Presence	Origin	Resident	Breeding	Non-breeding	Passage
Mauritius	extinct	native	yes

Important Bird and Biodiversity Areas (IBA)

Country/Territory	IBA Name

Habitats & altitude

Habitat (level 1)	Habitat (level 2)	Importance	Occurrence
Forest	Subtropical/Tropical Moist Lowland	major	resident
Altitude		Occasional altitudinal limits

Threats & impact

Threat (level 1)

Threat (level 2)

Impact and Stresses

Invasive and other problematic species, genes & diseases

Invasive non-native/alien species/diseases - Rattus rattus

Timing

Scope

Severity

Impact

Past, Unlikely to Return

Whole (>90%)

Rapid Declines

Past Impact

Stresses
Reduced reproductive success, Species mortality

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2023) Species factsheet: Alectroenas payandeei. Downloaded from http://datazone.birdlife.org/species/factsheet/rodrigues-blue-pigeon-alectroenas-payandeei on 28/05/2023. Recommended citation for factsheets for more than one species: BirdLife International (2023) IUCN Red List for birds. Downloaded from http://datazone.birdlife.org on 28/05/2023.