Family: Columbidae (Pigeons, Doves)

Authority: Clarke, 1918

Red List Category

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Justification of Red List category
This species is poorly known and little studied. There is insufficient information to estimate its population size and population trend. Although it faces the possible threat of competition from Speckled Pigeon Columba guinea, there is no evidence that the assessed species is declining, and there are no obvious other threats affecting its mostly remote and rugged range. Moreover, although the species is suspected to be rare, it is unlikely that its population size is extremely small, and while elements of its distribution are unknown, the geographic spread of observations suggest that its distribution is not very small. Therefore, although this species may have a moderately restricted range, it is not believed to meet the thresholds for Vulnerable under the range size criterion (extent of occurrence <20,000 km² combined with a declining or fluctuating range size, habitat extent/quality, or population size and a small number of locations or severe fragmentation). The population size has not been quantified, but it is not believed to approach the thresholds for Vulnerable under the population size criterion (<10,000 mature individuals with a continuing decline estimated to be >10% in ten years or three generations, or with a specified population structure). The population trend is not known, but the population is not believed to be decreasing sufficiently rapidly to approach the thresholds under the population trend criterion (>30% decline over ten years or three generations).
Accordingly, while additional information is highly sought, the information available suggests that its extinction risk in the near- to mid-term is relatively low. Consequently, it is proposed to be listed as Least Concern.

Population size: unknown

Population trend: unknown

Country endemic: yes

Attributes
Realm - Afrotropical
IUCN System - Terrestrial