Family: Columbidae (Pigeons, Doves)

Authority: (Gray, 1870)

Red List Category

Criteria: C2a(i)

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Justification of Red List category
This species's population size is unknown, but is suspected to be small to moderately large. The size of the largest subpopulation on Makira is also unknown and may be very small, but is suspected to be larger than 1,000 mature individuals. The population size has recently increased on Makira following the cessation of hunting with guns, but the rate of deforestation has increased across the species's range over the past few years, so an ongoing decline is inferred. For these reasons, the species is listed as Near Threatened.

Population size: 1100-19999 mature individuals

Population trend: decreasing

Extent of occurrence (breeding/resident): 38,500 km²

Country endemic: yes

Attributes
Land-mass type - oceanic island
Realm - Oceanian
IUCN System - Terrestrial