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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
2023	Near Threatened	C2a(i)
2016	Near Threatened	B1ab(ii,iv,v)
2012	Near Threatened	B1ab(ii,iv,v)
2008	Near Threatened	B1 a+b(ii,ii,iv,v)
2004	Near Threatened
2000	Lower Risk/Near Threatened
1994	Lower Risk/Near Threatened
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)	230,000 km2	medium
Area of Occupancy (breeding/resident)	3,400 km2
Severely fragmented?	no	-

	Estimate	Data quality	Derivation	Year of estimate
Population size	2800-5600 mature individuals	medium	estimated	2015
Population trend	decreasing	poor	suspected	-
Generation length	3.64 years	-	-	-
Number of subpopulations	10-30	-	-	-
Percentage of mature individuals in largest subpopulation	1-89%	-	-	-

Population justification: Numbers likely remain low throughout its range due to the small land areas and scarcity of its preferred food resources (J.-C. Thibault in litt. 2000, Thibault and Cibois 2017). The species has been described as abundant in some areas and scarce in others (Gibbs et al. 2001); numbers may be higher on some atolls which have remained free from the ravages of introduced predators (Blanvillain et al. 2002). The total number of fruit-doves is difficult to assess and few atolls have been investigated for this species, however based on a mean density of 1 bird per 5-10 ha across several visited atolls, the global population size of this species and Makatea Fruit-dove P. chalcurus together has been estimated at 4,400-9,000 birds (Thibault and Cibois 2017, A. Cibois in litt. 2023). The global population size of P. coralensis is therefore placed in the range 4,200-8,400 birds, roughly equivalent to 2,800-5,600 mature individuals, with no subpopulation likely to exceed 1,000 mature individuals.

Trend justification: The species has disappeared from atolls in the past (Tenarunga and Maturei Vavao) following large-scale expansion of coconut plantations in the 1960s (Thibault and Cibois 2017). Although not currently ongoing at such a scale, the development of coconut groves remains a threat to this species through the destruction of natural vegetation (Thibault and Cibois 2017). Predation by rats may also be driving declines. As such, although the population trend has not been assessed directly, it is precautionarily suspected to be in slow decline given the ongoing threats.

Country/Territory	Presence	Origin	Resident	Breeding visitor	Non-breeding visitor	Passage migrant
French Polynesia	extant	native	yes

Country/Territory	IBA Name
French Polynesia	Apataki, Arutua et Kaukura (Îles Palliser)
French Polynesia	Motu de l'ouest et du sud de Rangiroa
French Polynesia	Niau
French Polynesia	Tahanea
French Polynesia	Tenararo
French Polynesia	Tikehau

Habitat (level 1)	Habitat (level 2)	Importance	Occurrence
Artificial/Terrestrial	Plantations	suitable	resident
Forest	Subtropical/Tropical Moist Lowland	major	resident
Altitude	0 - 30 m	Occasional altitudinal limits

Threat (level 1)	Threat (level 2)	Impact and Stresses
Agriculture & aquaculture	Wood & pulp plantations - Scale Unknown/Unrecorded	Timing		Scope		Severity		Impact
		Ongoing		Majority (50-90%)		Slow, Significant Declines		Medium Impact: 6
		Stresses Ecosystem degradation, Ecosystem conversion
Biological resource use	Hunting & trapping terrestrial animals - Intentional use (species is the target)	Timing		Scope		Severity		Impact
		Ongoing		Minority (<50%)		Negligible declines		Low Impact: 4
		Stresses Species mortality
Climate change & severe weather	Habitat shifting & alteration	Timing		Scope		Severity		Impact
		Future		Whole (>90%)		Unknown		Unknown
		Stresses Indirect ecosystem effects, Ecosystem degradation
Invasive and other problematic species, genes & diseases	Invasive non-native/alien species/diseases - Named species	Timing		Scope		Severity		Impact
		Ongoing		Minority (<50%)		Slow, Significant Declines		Low Impact: 5
		Stresses Reduced reproductive success
Invasive and other problematic species, genes & diseases	Invasive non-native/alien species/diseases - Rattus rattus	Timing		Scope		Severity		Impact
		Ongoing		Minority (<50%)		Slow, Significant Declines		Low Impact: 5
		Stresses Reduced reproductive success

Purpose	Scale
Food - human	subsistence

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Species factsheet: Atoll Fruit-dove Ptilinopus coralensis. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/factsheet/atoll-fruit-dove-ptilinopus-coralensis on 24/12/2024.
Recommended citation for factsheets for more than one species: BirdLife International (2024) IUCN Red List for birds. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/search on 24/12/2024.