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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.

Red List criteria met

Critically Endangered	Endangered	Vulnerable
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Red List history

Year	Category	Criteria
2020	Near Threatened	C2a(i)
2016	Near Threatened	C2a(i)
2012	Near Threatened	C2a(i)
2008	Near Threatened	C2a(i)
2005	Near Threatened
2004	Vulnerable
2000	Vulnerable
1996	Endangered
1994	Endangered
1988	Near Threatened

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

	Estimate	Data quality
Extent of Occurrence (breeding/resident)	645,000 km2	medium
Severely fragmented?	no	-

	Estimate	Data quality	Derivation	Year of estimate
Population size	1000-4100 mature individuals	good	estimated	2003
Population trend	decreasing	poor	inferred	2011-2024
Rate of change over the past 10 years/3 generations (longer of the two periods)	1-9%	-	-	-
Rate of change over the future 10 years/3 generations (longer of the two periods)	1-9%	-	-	-
Rate of change over the past & future 10 years/3 generations (longer of the two periods)	1-9%	-	-	-
Generation length	4.41 years	-	-	-

Population justification: Rivera-Milan et al. (2003) reported a population size of 1,497-6,106 individuals, rounded here to 1,500-6,100 individuals, roughly equivalent to 1,000-4,100 mature individuals. The subpopulation structure has not been assessed, but it is tentatively assumed that the species forms several relatively small subpopulations (see records on eBird 2020).

Trend justification: There are no new trend data; however, the species is suspected to be slowly declining, owing to habitat loss and hunting. Forest loss within the species's range is currently estimated at ~4% across three generations (Tracewski et al. 2016).

Country/Territory	Presence	Origin	Resident	Breeding visitor	Non-breeding visitor	Passage migrant
Cuba	extant	native	yes
Dominican Republic	extant	native	yes
Haiti	extant	native	yes
Jamaica	extant	native	yes
Puerto Rico (to USA)	extant	native	yes

Country/Territory	IBA Name
Cuba	Alejandro de Humboldt
Cuba	Cayo Sabinal, Ballenatos y Manglares de la Bahía de Nuevitas
Cuba	Cayos Romano - Cruz - Megano Grande
Cuba	Ciénaga de Zapata
Cuba	Desembarco del Granma
Cuba	Guanahacabibes
Cuba	Mil Cumbres
Cuba	Río Máximo
Cuba	Sierra del Chorrillo
Dominican Republic	Haitises National Park
Haiti	Aux Cornichons
Haiti	Bois Musicien
Haiti	Coquillage - Pointe Est
Haiti	Les Grottes
Jamaica	Catadupa
Jamaica	Cockpit Country
Jamaica	Litchfield Mountain - Matheson's Run
Jamaica	Portland Ridge and Bight
Puerto Rico (to USA)	Carite
Puerto Rico (to USA)	Este Central

Habitat (level 1)	Habitat (level 2)	Importance	Occurrence
Artificial/Terrestrial	Arable Land	suitable	resident
Artificial/Terrestrial	Pastureland	suitable	resident
Desert	Hot	suitable	resident
Forest	Subtropical/Tropical Mangrove Vegetation Above High Tide Level	major	resident
Forest	Subtropical/Tropical Moist Lowland	major	resident
Forest	Subtropical/Tropical Moist Montane	suitable	resident
Forest	Subtropical/Tropical Swamp	major	resident
Shrubland	Subtropical/Tropical Dry	suitable	resident
Altitude	0 - 2000 m	Occasional altitudinal limits

Threat (level 1)	Threat (level 2)	Impact and Stresses
Agriculture & aquaculture	Annual & perennial non-timber crops - Scale Unknown/Unrecorded	Timing		Scope		Severity		Impact
		Ongoing		Majority (50-90%)		Slow, Significant Declines		Medium Impact: 6
		Stresses Ecosystem degradation, Ecosystem conversion
Biological resource use	Hunting & trapping terrestrial animals - Intentional use (species is the target)	Timing		Scope		Severity		Impact
		Ongoing		Majority (50-90%)		Slow, Significant Declines		Medium Impact: 6
		Stresses Species mortality
Biological resource use	Logging & wood harvesting - Unintentional effects: (subsistence/small scale) [harvest]	Timing		Scope		Severity		Impact
		Ongoing		Majority (50-90%)		Slow, Significant Declines		Medium Impact: 6
		Stresses Ecosystem degradation
Climate change & severe weather	Storms & flooding	Timing		Scope		Severity		Impact
		Past, Likely to Return		Majority (50-90%)		Unknown		Past Impact
		Stresses Ecosystem degradation
Invasive and other problematic species, genes & diseases	Problematic native species/diseases	Timing		Scope		Severity		Impact
		Ongoing		Minority (<50%)		Unknown		Unknown
		Stresses Species mortality

Purpose	Scale
Food - human	subsistence, national

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Species factsheet: Plain Pigeon Patagioenas inornata. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/factsheet/plain-pigeon-patagioenas-inornata on 25/12/2024.
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 25/12/2024.