Rodrigues Blue-pigeon (Alectroenas payandeei)

Rodrigues Blue-pigeon Alectroenas payandeei

Current view: Data table and detailed info

Taxonomy

Taxonomic note
Alectroenas payandeei (del Hoyo and Collar 2014) was described from subfossil remains by Hume (2011).

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
D	D	D1

Red List history

Year	Category	Criteria
2024	Extinct
2016	Extinct
2014	Extinct
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	high
Land-mass type		Average mass	-

Range

	Estimate	Data quality
Severely fragmented?	no	-

Population

	Estimate	Data quality	Derivation	Year of estimate
Population size	0 mature individuals	good	estimated	-
Population trend		-	-	-
Generation length	5.28 years	-	-	-

Population justification: The species is Extinct.

Trend justification: This species is known from only a single tarsometatarsus and possibly a femur (Hume 2017). Rodrigues Island was used as a refurbishment station from at least 1601 (Cheke and Hume 2008), and the small island was already infested with rats by the time explorers arrived in the 1690s (Hume 2017), suggesting this was the cause of the species extinction.

Country/territory distribution

Country/Territory	Presence	Origin	Resident	Breeding visitor	Non-breeding visitor	Passage migrant
Mauritius	extinct	native	yes

Important Bird and Biodiversity Areas (IBA)

Country/Territory	IBA Name

Habitats & altitude

Habitat (level 1)	Habitat (level 2)	Importance	Occurrence
Forest	Subtropical/Tropical Moist Lowland	possible	resident
Altitude		Occasional altitudinal limits

Threats & impact

Threat (level 1)

Threat (level 2)

Impact and Stresses

Invasive and other problematic species, genes & diseases

Invasive non-native/alien species/diseases - Rattus rattus

Timing

Scope

Severity

Impact

Past, Unlikely to Return

Whole (>90%)

Unknown

Past Impact

Stresses
Species disturbance, Reduced reproductive success, Species mortality

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Species factsheet: Rodrigues Blue-pigeon Alectroenas payandeei. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/factsheet/rodrigues-blue-pigeon-alectroenas-payandeei on 23/11/2024.
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 23/11/2024.