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Taxonomic note
Previously (del Hoyo and Collar 2014) placed in the genus Alopecoenas and before that in the genus Gallicolumba but transferred to Pampusana on the grounds of the latter’s priority (Bruce et al. 2016). Alopecoenas beccarii and A. johannae (del Hoyo and Collar 2014) were previously placed in the genus Gallicolumba and lumped as G. beccarii following Sibley and Monroe (1990, 1993). Hitherto considered conspecific with P. johannae, but here separated on account of rather greyer belly (with resultant dark brownish lower breastband) vs dark brownish below pale grey breast (2); dull dark green vs dull dark chestnut upperparts (3); (green-shot) grey of crown and neck-sides cutting to dull dark green on mantle, vs the (darker) grey of crown and neck-sides extending onto mantle (2); white eyering much narrower (ns2); purplish vs red legs (fide labels in NHMUK) (ns1). Affinities unclear: with P. johannae may be most closely related to P. canifrons, and these three appear to be related to the P. jobiensis complex; alternatively, may be related to P. sanctaecrucis and P. stairi, and more distantly to P. hoedtii and P. canifrons. Monotypic.

Taxonomic source(s)
Handbook of the Birds of the World and BirdLife International. 2022. Handbook of the Birds of the World and BirdLife International digital checklist of the birds of the world. Version 7. Available at: https://datazone.birdlife.org/userfiles/file/Species/Taxonomy/HBW-BirdLife_Checklist_v7_Dec22.zip.

Red List criteria met

Critically Endangered	Endangered	Vulnerable
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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

Migratory status	not a migrant	Forest dependency	high
Land-mass type		Average mass	-

	Estimate	Data quality
Extent of Occurrence (breeding/resident)	680,000 km2
Severely fragmented?	no	-

	Estimate	Data quality	Derivation	Year of estimate
Population size	unknown	-	-	-
Population trend	decreasing	-	suspected	-
Generation length	4.65 years	-	-	-

Population justification: The global population size has not been quantified, but the species is described as uncommon rather than rare (Gibbs et al. 2001). This species is considered to have a high dependency on forest habitat, and tree cover is estimated to have declined by 2.6% within its mapped range over the past three generations (Global Forest Watch 2022, using Hansen et al. [2013] data and methods disclosed therein). It is therefore tentatively suspected that this rate of cover loss may have led to a decline of between 1-19% in the species' population size over the same time frame, with a best estimate of reduction being less than 5%.

Trend justification:   .

Country/Territory	Presence	Origin	Resident	Breeding visitor	Non-breeding visitor	Passage migrant
Indonesia	extant	native	yes
Papua New Guinea	extant	native	yes

Country/Territory	IBA Name

Habitat (level 1)	Habitat (level 2)	Importance	Occurrence
Forest	Subtropical/Tropical Moist Lowland	suitable	resident
Forest	Subtropical/Tropical Moist Montane	major	resident
Altitude	1200 - 2700 m	Occasional altitudinal limits

Purpose	Scale
Pets/display animals, horticulture	international

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Species factsheet: Western Bronze Ground Dove Pampusana beccarii. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/factsheet/western-bronze-ground-dove-pampusana-beccarii on 22/11/2024.
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 22/11/2024.