Family: Columbidae (Pigeons, Doves)

Authority: (Forster, JR, 1844)

Red List Category

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Justification of Red List category
This species is known from Tanna, Vanuatu, but the only record dates from 1774 and it is now Extinct. Predation by introduced rats is likely to have been the main cause.

Population size: unknown

Population trend:

Country endemic: no

Attributes
Land-mass type - oceanic island
Realm - Oceanian
IUCN System - Terrestrial