Seram Mountain-pigeon (Gymnophaps stalkeri) | Details

Seram Mountain-pigeon Gymnophaps stalkeri

Current view: Data table and detailed info

Taxonomy

Taxonomic note
Gymnophaps mada and G. stalkeri (del Hoyo and Collar 2014) were previously lumped as G. mada 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)	29,800 km²
Severely fragmented?	no	-

Population

	Estimate	Data quality	Derivation	Year of estimate
Population size	unknown	-	estimated	-
Population trend	stable	-	suspected	-
Generation length	6.39 years	-	-	-

Population justification: The global population size has not been quantified, but the species is described as fairly common within its altitudinal range, and seemingly commoner than G. mada on Buru (Gibbs et al. 2001). This species is considered to have a medium dependency on forest habitat, and tree cover is estimated to have declined by 0.2% within its mapped range over the past three generations (Global Forest Watch 2022, using Hansen et al. [2013] data and methods disclosed therein). Considering the level of dependency of the species on forest habitat and the very small decline of tree cover, the species' population size is considered stable over the same time frame.

Trend justification: .

Country/territory distribution

Country/Territory	Presence	Origin	Resident	Breeding visitor	Non-breeding visitor	Passage migrant
Indonesia	extant	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	suitable	resident
Forest	Subtropical/Tropical Moist Montane	major	resident
Altitude	1200 - 2250 m	Occasional altitudinal limits	(min) 400 m

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Species factsheet: Seram Mountain-pigeon Gymnophaps stalkeri. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/factsheet/seram-mountain-pigeon-gymnophaps-stalkeri 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.