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• Distribution map
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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 justification
No extant population remains.

This species is known only from J. R. Forster's 1774 painting, from Tanna Island, Vanuatu, in the Natural History Museum at Tring (Knox and Walters 1994).

Nothing is known, although it may have inhabited the island's forests.

This species was likely hunted. Predation by introduced rats was probably the main cause of its extinction (Hume 2017).

Text account compilers
Vine, J.

Contributors
Brooks, T., Khwaja, N. & Mahood, S.

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Species factsheet: Tanna Ground Dove Pampusana ferruginea. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/factsheet/tanna-ground-dove-pampusana-ferruginea 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.