Rodrigues Blue-pigeon (Alectroenas payandeei) | Summary

Rodrigues Blue-pigeon Alectroenas payandeei

Current view: summary

Family: Columbidae (Pigeons, Doves)

Authority: Hume, 2011

Red List Category

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Justification of Red List category
This recently-recognised Extinct pigeon is known from a single tarsometatarsus and possibly a femur. It may have survived into the 17th century but most likely disappeared by the 1690s owing to predation by invasive rats.

Population size: 0 mature individuals

Population trend:

Country endemic: no

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 26/12/2024.
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 26/12/2024.