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Japanese Woodpigeon Columba janthina

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References

Ando, H., Ogawa, H., Kaneko, S., Takano, H., Seki, S-I., Suzuki, H., Horikoshi, K. and Isagi, Y. 2014. Genetic structure of the critically endangered Red-headed Wood Pigeon Columba janthina nitens and its implications for the management of threatened island populations. Ibis 156: 153–164.

Ando, H., Setsuko, S., Horikoshi, K., Suzuki, H., Umehara, S., Inoue-Murayama, M. and Isagi, Y. 2013. Diet analysis by next-generation sequencing indicates the frequent consumption of introduced plants by the critically endangered red-headed wood pigeon (Columba janthina nitens) in oceanic island habitats. Ecology and Evoluntion 3: 4057–4069.

Ando, H., Setsuko, S., Horikoshi, K., Suzuki, H., Umehara, S., Yamasaki, M., Hanya, G., Inoue-Murayama, M., and Isagi, Y. 2016. Seasonal and inter-island variation in the foraging strategy of the critically endangered Red-headed Wood Pigeon Columba janthina nitens in disturbed island habitats derived from high-throughput sequencing. Ibis 158: 291–304.

Baptista, L. F., Trail, P. W., Horblit, H. M., de Juana, E., Sharpe, C. J., Besman, P. F. D. 2020. Japanese Wood-Pigeon (Columba janthina), version 1.0. In: J. del Hoyo, A. Elliott, J. Sargatal, D. A. Christie, and E. de Juana (eds), Birds of the World , Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY, USA.

Bird Breeding Distribution Survey Committee. 2021. National Bird Breeding Distribution Survey Report 2016-2021. Japan Bird Research Association, Wild Bird Society of Japan, Nature Conservation Society of Japan, Japan Bird Ringing Association, Yamashina Institute for Ornithology, Ministry of the Environment Biodiversity Center.

Bird, J.P., Martin, R., Akçakaya, H.R., Gilroy, J., Burfield, I.J., Garnett, S.G., Symes, A., Taylor, J., Şekercioğlu, Ç.H. and Butchart, S.H.M. 2020. Generation lengths of the world’s birds and their implications for extinction risk. Conservation Biology 34(5): 1252-1261. DOI: 10.1111/cobi.13486.

BirdLife International. 2001. Threatened Birds of Asia: the BirdLife International Red Data Book. BirdLife International, Cambridge, U.K.

eBird. 2022. eBird: An online database of bird distribution and abundance [web application]. Ithaca, New York. eBird, Cornell Lab of Ornithology. Available at: http://www.ebird.org.

Gibbs, D., Barnes, E. and Cox, J. 2001. Pigeons and Doves: A Guide to the Pigeons and Doves of the World. Pica Press, Robertsbridge, U.K.

Google Earth. 2022. Satellite Imagery. Available at: https://www.google.co.uk/intl/en_uk/earth/. (Accessed: 2022).

IUCN. 2023. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2023-1. Available at: https://www.iucnredlist.org. (Accessed: 07 December 2023).

Further resources

Detailed species accounts from the Threatened birds of Asia: the BirdLife International Red Data Book (BirdLife International 2001).

Search for photos and videos, and hear sounds of this species from the Macaulay Library

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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.