Family: Columbidae (Pigeons, Doves)

Authority: Pakenham, 1940

Red List Category

Criteria: A2c+3c+4c

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Justification of Red List category
This species is assessed as Vulnerable because it is inferred to be rapidly declining as a result of habitat loss and degradation, owing primarily to a local agricultural trend away from plantation crops and towards open farmland. Surveys are needed to confirm the species' population status as it has been suggest that the species is much rarer than currently inferred, and therefore a higher threat category may be appropriate in the future.

Population size: 2500-9999 mature individuals

Population trend: decreasing

Extent of occurrence (breeding/resident): 1,550 km²

Country endemic: yes

Attributes
Realm - Afrotropical
IUCN System - Terrestrial