LC
Chilean Pigeon Patagioenas araucana



Taxonomy

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.
SACC. 2005 and updates. A classification of the bird species of South America. Available at: https://www.museum.lsu.edu/~Remsen/SACCBaseline.htm.

IUCN Red List criteria met and history
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/Near Threatened
1988 Near Threatened
Species attributes

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

Estimate Data quality
Extent of Occurrence (breeding/resident) 496,000 km2 medium
Severely fragmented? no -
Population
Estimate Data quality Derivation Year of estimate
Population size unknown - - -
Population trend decreasing - suspected -
Generation length 4.28 years - - -

Population justification: The global population size has not been quantified, but it is believed to be large as the species is described as 'common' in parts of Chile (del Hoyo et al. 1997). This species is considered to have a medium dependency on forest habitat, and tree cover is estimated to have declined by 10.7% 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 distribution
Country/Territory Presence Origin Resident Breeding visitor Non-breeding visitor Passage migrant
Argentina extant native yes
Chile extant native yes
Falkland Islands (Malvinas) extant vagrant yes

Important Bird and Biodiversity Areas (IBA)
Country/Territory IBA Name
Argentina Extensión Límite Este y Sur del Parque Nacional Nahuel Huapi
Argentina Lago La Plata - Fontana
Argentina Nahuel Huapi National Park and Reserve
Argentina Parque Nacional Lago Puelo - Parque Provincial Río Turbio
Argentina Parque Nacional Lanín
Argentina Parque Nacional Los Alerces y Laguna Terraplén
Argentina Parque Nacional Los Glaciares y adyacencias (Estancias El Sosiego, La Soledad y Anita)
Chile Corredor Biológico Nevados de Chillán-Laguna del Laja
Chile Estero del Salto Valley
Chile Ibañez River Valley
Chile La Tapera
Chile Lago Budi
Chile Lago Colbún
Chile Lago Lanalhue
Chile Lago Tarahuin
Chile Mancopulli
Chile Monumento Natural Cerro Ñielol
Chile Monumento Natural Contulmo
Chile Niebla
Chile Parque Nacional Chiloé
Chile Parque Nacional Conguillio
Chile Parque Nacional Huerquehue
Chile Parque Nacional Puyehue
Chile Parque Nacional Vicente Pérez Rosales
Chile Parque Pumalin
Chile Putu
Chile Reserva Nacional Altos de Lircay
Chile Reserva Nacional Nonguén
Chile Salto Rayén

Habitats & altitude
Habitat (level 1) Habitat (level 2) Importance Occurrence
Artificial/Terrestrial Arable Land suitable resident
Forest Temperate major resident
Altitude 0 - 1500 m Occasional altitudinal limits  

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Species factsheet: Chilean Pigeon Patagioenas araucana. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/factsheet/chilean-pigeon-patagioenas-araucana on 23/11/2024.
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 23/11/2024.