Family: Columbidae (Pigeons, Doves)

Authority: (Temminck, 1823)

Red List Category

Criteria: D2

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Justification of Red List category
This species is classified as Near Threatened due to its restriction to a small number of islands, where the introduction of Brown Tree Snakes Boiga irregularis to Saipan, Tinian or Rota could rapidly drive it to Vulnerable or Endangered.

Population size: 10000-19999 mature individuals

Population trend: unknown

Extent of occurrence (breeding/resident): 355,000 km²

Country endemic: no

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