Dusky Turtle-dove (Streptopelia lugens) - BirdLife species factsheet

Dusky Turtle-dove Streptopelia lugens

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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.

IUCN Red List criteria met and history

Red List criteria met

Critically Endangered	Endangered	Vulnerable
-	-	-

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

Species attributes

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

Range

	Estimate	Data quality
Extent of Occurrence (breeding/resident)	3,620,000 km²
Severely fragmented?	no	-

Population

	Estimate	Data quality	Derivation	Year of estimate
Population size	unknown	-	-	-
Population trend	decreasing	-	suspected	-
Generation length	4.33 years	-	-	-

Population justification: The global population size has not been quantified, but the species is described as common to abundant throughout the Ethiopian highlands and east Africa and uncommon in Malawi (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 9.6% 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
Burundi	extant	native	yes
Congo, The Democratic Republic of the	extant	native	yes
Eritrea	extant	native	yes
Ethiopia	extant	native	yes
Kenya	extant	native	yes
Malawi	extant	native	yes
Rwanda	extant	native	yes
Saudi Arabia	extant	native	yes
Somalia	extant	native	yes
South Sudan	extant	native	yes
Sudan	extant	native	yes
Tanzania	extant	native	yes
Uganda	extant	native	yes
Yemen	extant	native	yes
Zambia	extant	native	yes

Important Bird and Biodiversity Areas (IBA)

Country/Territory	IBA Name
Burundi	Bururi Forest Nature Reserve
Burundi	Kibira National Park
Congo, The Democratic Republic of the	Forests west of Lake Edward
Congo, The Democratic Republic of the	Itombwe Mountains
Congo, The Democratic Republic of the	Kahuzi-Biega National Park
Congo, The Democratic Republic of the	Marungu highlands
Eritrea	Arboroba escarpment
Eritrea	Asmara escarpment
Eritrea	Semenawi Bahri
Eritrea	Southern Plateau: Furrus
Ethiopia	Ankober - Debre Sina escarpment
Ethiopia	Awi Zone
Ethiopia	Bale Mountains National Park
Ethiopia	Berga floodplain
Ethiopia	Borana-Saynt (Denkoro Forest)
Ethiopia	Chilimo-Gaji forest
Ethiopia	Choke mountains
Ethiopia	Dessa'a forest
Ethiopia	Entoto Natural Park and escarpment
Ethiopia	Finchaa and Chomen swamps
Ethiopia	Gefersa reservoir
Ethiopia	Guassa Plateau (Menz)
Ethiopia	Gudo plain
Ethiopia	Hugumburda and Grat-Kahsu forests
Ethiopia	Jemma and Jara valleys
Ethiopia	Jibat forest
Ethiopia	Menagesha State Forest
Ethiopia	Mount Zuquala
Ethiopia	Mugo highlands
Ethiopia	Simien Mountains National Park
Ethiopia	Sululta plain
Ethiopia	Tiro Boter - Becho forest
Malawi	Misuku Hills Forest Reserves
Malawi	Nyika National Park (Malawi)
Rwanda	Nyungwe National Park
Rwanda	Volcans National Park
Saudi Arabia	Raydah escarpment
South Sudan	Imatong mountains
South Sudan	Kidepo
Tanzania	Arusha National Park and vicinity
Tanzania	Lake Manyara
Tanzania	Loazi-Kalambo Forest Reserves and surrounding area
Tanzania	Mahali Mountain National Park
Tanzania	Mount Kilimanjaro
Tanzania	Mount Rungwe
Tanzania	Ngorongoro Conservation Area
Tanzania	Nguru Mountains
Tanzania	Njombe forests
Tanzania	Udzungwa Mountains
Tanzania	Udzungwa National Park
Tanzania	Uluguru Mountains
Tanzania	Umalila Mountains
Tanzania	West Usambara Mountains
Uganda	Bwindi Impenetrable National Park
Uganda	Echuya Forest Reserve
Uganda	Kidepo Valley National Park
Uganda	Mgahinga Gorilla National Park
Uganda	Mount Elgon National Park
Uganda	Mount Moroto Forest Reserve
Uganda	Ruwenzori (Rwenzori) Mountains National Park
Yemen	Haraz mountains
Yemen	High mountains of Ibb
Yemen	Jabal al-Nabi Shu'ayb
Yemen	Jabal Sumarah
Yemen	Kawkaban - Shibam
Yemen	Mahwit
Yemen	Wadi al-Birayn
Zambia	Nyika National Park (Zambia)

Habitats & altitude

Habitat (level 1)	Habitat (level 2)	Importance	Occurrence
Artificial/Terrestrial	Arable Land	suitable	resident
Artificial/Terrestrial	Plantations	suitable	resident
Artificial/Terrestrial	Rural Gardens	suitable	resident
Artificial/Terrestrial	Urban Areas	suitable	resident
Forest	Subtropical/Tropical Dry	suitable	resident
Forest	Subtropical/Tropical Moist Montane	suitable	resident
Shrubland	Subtropical/Tropical High Altitude	suitable	resident
Altitude	370 - 5080 m	Occasional altitudinal limits	(min) 1000 m

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Species factsheet: Dusky Turtle-dove Streptopelia lugens. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/factsheet/dusky-turtle-dove-streptopelia-lugens 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.