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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.

Red List criteria met

Critically Endangered	Endangered	Vulnerable
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Red List history

Year	Category	Criteria
2024	Least Concern
2016	Least Concern
2012	Least Concern
2009	Least Concern
2008	Least Concern
2004	Least Concern
2000	Lower Risk/Least Concern
1994	Lower Risk/Least Concern
1988	Lower Risk/Least Concern

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

	Estimate	Data quality
Extent of Occurrence (breeding/resident)	6,530,000 km2	medium
Severely fragmented?	no	-

	Estimate	Data quality	Derivation	Year of estimate
Population size	unknown	-	-	-
Population trend	decreasing	-	suspected	-
Generation length	3.15 years	-	-	-

Population justification: The global population size has not been quantified, but the species is reported to be rare and secretive (del Hoyo et al. 1997). This species is considered to have a medium dependency on forest habitat, and tree cover is estimated to have declined by 8.8% within its mapped range over the past 10 years (Global Forest Watch 2022, using Hansen et al. [2013] data and methods disclosed therein). Therefore, as a precautionary measure, it is tentatively suspected that this loss of cover may have led to a decline of between 1-19% in the species' population size over the same time frame.

Trend justification:   .

Country/Territory	Presence	Origin	Resident	Breeding visitor	Non-breeding visitor	Passage migrant
Angola	extant	native	yes
Benin	extant	native	yes
Cameroon	extant	native	yes
Central African Republic	extant	native	yes
Congo	extant	native	yes
Congo, The Democratic Republic of the	extant	native	yes
Côte d'Ivoire	extant	native	yes
Equatorial Guinea	extant	native	yes
Gabon	extant	native	yes
Ghana	extant	native	yes
Guinea	extant	native	yes
Liberia	extant	native	yes
Nigeria	extant	native	yes
Sierra Leone	extant	native	yes
South Sudan	extant	native	yes
Sudan	extant	native	yes
Togo	extant	native	yes
Uganda	extant	native	yes
Zambia	extant	native	yes

Country/Territory	IBA Name
Angola	Camabatela
Angola	Cuango
Angola	Luachimo River (Chitato)
Benin	Lama Forest
Cameroon	Korup National Park
Cameroon	Lobéké National Park
Cameroon	Mount Cameroon and Mokoko-Onge
Cameroon	Nki
Cameroon	Yabassi
Central African Republic	Bamingui-Bangoran National Park complex
Central African Republic	Dzanga-Ndoki National Park
Central African Republic	Ngotto
Congo	Conkouati National Park
Congo	Dimonika Biosphere Reserve
Congo	Lake Télé Community Reserve
Congo	Léfini Faunal Reserve
Congo	Lower Kouilou basin
Congo	Nouabalé-Ndoki National Park complex
Congo	Ntokou Pikounda Reserve
Congo	Odzala National Park complex
Congo, The Democratic Republic of the	Forests west of Lake Edward
Congo, The Democratic Republic of the	Itombwe Mountains
Congo, The Democratic Republic of the	Kahuzi-Biega National Park
Congo, The Democratic Republic of the	Lomako - Yekokora
Congo, The Democratic Republic of the	Luki Forest Reserve
Congo, The Democratic Republic of the	Maiko National Park
Congo, The Democratic Republic of the	Mount Hoyo Reserve
Congo, The Democratic Republic of the	Ngiri
Congo, The Democratic Republic of the	Okapi Faunal Reserve
Congo, The Democratic Republic of the	Salonga National Park
Congo, The Democratic Republic of the	Virunga National Park
Côte d'Ivoire	Bossematie Forest Reserve
Côte d'Ivoire	Gueoule and Glo Mountain Forest Reserves
Côte d'Ivoire	Lamto Ecological Research Station
Côte d'Ivoire	Mabi Forest reserve
Côte d'Ivoire	Marahoue National Park
Côte d'Ivoire	Mopri Forest Reserve
Côte d'Ivoire	Mount Nimba Strict Nature Reserve
Côte d'Ivoire	Parc National de Taï et Réserve de faune du N'Zo
Côte d'Ivoire	Peko Mountain National Park
Côte d'Ivoire	Sangbe Mountain National Park
Côte d'Ivoire	Yapo and Mambo Forest Reserves
Equatorial Guinea	Monte Alen National Park
Gabon	Gamba Protected Areas Complex
Gabon	Ipassa Strict Nature Reserve
Gabon	Léconi grasslands
Gabon	Lopé Faunal Reserve
Gabon	Ogooué delta and Mandji island
Ghana	Kyabobo National Park
Guinea	Diécké
Guinea	Kounounkan
Guinea	Massif du Ziama
Guinea	Monts Nimba (part of Mount Nimba transboundary AZE)
Liberia	Cestos - Senkwen
Liberia	Grebo
Liberia	Nimba mountains
Liberia	Wologizi mountains
Liberia	Wonegizi mountains
Liberia	Zwedru
Nigeria	Afi River Forest Reserve
Sierra Leone	Gola Forests
Sierra Leone	Kambui Hills Forest Reserve
Sierra Leone	Kangari Hills Non-hunting Forest Reserve
Sierra Leone	Loma Mountains Non-hunting Forest Reserve
Sierra Leone	Tingi Hills Non-hunting Forest Reserve
Sierra Leone	Western Area Peninsula Forest National Park
South Sudan	Bengangai
Togo	Misahöhe Forest Reserve
Zambia	Hillwood
Zambia	Jimbe Drainage
Zambia	Source of the Zambezi

Habitat (level 1)	Habitat (level 2)	Importance	Occurrence
Artificial/Terrestrial	Rural Gardens	suitable	resident
Artificial/Terrestrial	Subtropical/Tropical Heavily Degraded Former Forest	major	resident
Forest	Subtropical/Tropical Moist Lowland	major	resident
Altitude	0 - 1500 m	Occasional altitudinal limits

Purpose	Scale
Pets/display animals, horticulture	international

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Species factsheet: Western Bronze-naped Pigeon Columba iriditorques. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/factsheet/western-bronze-naped-pigeon-columba-iriditorques on 23/12/2024.
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 23/12/2024.