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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
2024	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	full migrant	Forest dependency	medium
Land-mass type		Average mass	-

	Estimate	Data quality
Extent of Occurrence (breeding/resident)	7,580,000 km2	medium
Extent of Occurrence (non-breeding)	8,180,000 km2	medium
Severely fragmented?	no	-

	Estimate	Data quality	Derivation	Year of estimate
Population size	unknown	-	-	-
Population trend	decreasing	-	suspected	-
Generation length	3.85 years	-	-	-

Population justification: The global population size has not been quantified, but the species is described as common or abundant throughout much of its range (Gibbs et al. 2001). This species is considered to have a medium dependency on forest habitat, and tree cover is estimated to have declined by 6.9% within its mapped range over the past three generations (Global Forest Watch 2022, using Hansen et al. [2013] data and methods disclosed therein). Therefore, as a precautionary measure, it is tentatively suspected that this loss of cover may have led to a decline of between 1-19% in the species' population size over the same time frame.

Trend justification:   .

Country/Territory	Presence	Origin	Resident	Breeding visitor	Non-breeding visitor	Passage migrant
Benin	extant	native
Burkina Faso	extant	native
Cameroon	extant	native
Central African Republic	extant	native
Chad	extant	native
Congo, The Democratic Republic of the	extant	native
Côte d'Ivoire	extant	native
Djibouti	extant	native		yes
Eritrea	extant	native
Ethiopia	extant	native
Gambia	extant	native
Ghana	extant	native
Guinea	extant	native
Guinea-Bissau	extant	native
Kenya	extant	native
Liberia	extant	vagrant
Mali	extant	native
Mauritania	extant	native
Niger	extant	native
Nigeria	extant	native
Senegal	extant	native
South Sudan	extant	native	yes
Sudan	extant	native
Togo	extant	native
Uganda	extant	native
Yemen	extant	vagrant			yes

Country/Territory	IBA Name

Habitat (level 1)	Habitat (level 2)	Importance	Occurrence
Artificial/Terrestrial	Arable Land	suitable	non-breeding
Artificial/Terrestrial	Arable Land	suitable	breeding
Desert	Hot	suitable	non-breeding
Desert	Hot	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
Shrubland	Subtropical/Tropical Moist	suitable	non-breeding
Shrubland	Subtropical/Tropical Moist	suitable	breeding
Wetlands (inland)	Freshwater Springs and Oases	suitable	non-breeding
Wetlands (inland)	Freshwater Springs and Oases	suitable	breeding
Wetlands (inland)	Shrub Dominated Wetlands	suitable	non-breeding
Wetlands (inland)	Shrub Dominated Wetlands	suitable	breeding
Altitude	0 - 1800 m	Occasional altitudinal limits

Purpose	Scale
Pets/display animals, horticulture	international

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Species factsheet: Black-billed Wood-dove Turtur abyssinicus. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/factsheet/black-billed-wood-dove-turtur-abyssinicus on 22/11/2024.
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 22/11/2024.