Pohnpei Fruit-dove (Ptilinopus ponapensis) | Details

Pohnpei Fruit-dove Ptilinopus ponapensis

Current view: Data table and detailed info

Taxonomy

Taxonomic note
Ptilinopus porphyraceus, P. fasciatus, P. ponapensis and P. hernsheimi (del Hoyo and Collar 2014) were previously lumped as P. porphyraceus following Sibley and Monroe (1990, 1993).

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
2014	Least Concern
2012	Not Recognised
2008	Not Recognised
2004	Not Recognised
2000	Not Recognised
1994	Not Recognised
1988	Not Recognised

Species attributes

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

Range

	Estimate	Data quality
Extent of Occurrence (breeding/resident)	27,200 km²
Severely fragmented?	no	-

Population

	Estimate	Data quality	Derivation	Year of estimate
Population size	unknown	-	-	-
Population trend	stable	-	suspected	-
Generation length	4 years	-	-	-

Population justification: The global population size has not been quantified, but the pre-split P. porphyraceus was reported to be common to abundant (del Hoyo et al. 1997, Gibbs et al. 2001). The population is suspected to be stable in the absence of evidence for any declines or substantial threats.

Trend justification: The population is suspected to be stable in the absence of evidence for any declines or substantial threats.

Country/territory distribution

Country/Territory	Presence	Origin	Resident	Breeding visitor	Non-breeding visitor	Passage migrant
Micronesia, Federated States of	extant	native	yes

Important Bird and Biodiversity Areas (IBA)

Country/Territory	IBA Name
Micronesia, Federated States of	Mount Winipot / Tol South
Micronesia, Federated States of	Pata Island
Micronesia, Federated States of	Pohnpei Watershed Forest Reserve

Habitats & altitude

Habitat (level 1)	Habitat (level 2)	Importance	Occurrence
Artificial/Terrestrial	Rural Gardens	suitable	resident
Forest	Subtropical/Tropical Mangrove Vegetation Above High Tide Level	suitable	resident
Forest	Subtropical/Tropical Moist Lowland	major	resident
Shrubland	Subtropical/Tropical Moist	suitable	resident
Altitude	0 - 740 m	Occasional altitudinal limits

Utilisation

Purpose	Scale
Food - human	subsistence, national
Pets/display animals, horticulture	international

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Species factsheet: Pohnpei Fruit-dove Ptilinopus ponapensis. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/factsheet/pohnpei-fruit-dove-ptilinopus-ponapensis on 22/12/2024.
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 22/12/2024.