Family: Columbidae (Pigeons, Doves)

Authority: Bonaparte, 1856

Red List Category

Criteria: A2cd+3cd+4cd

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Justification of Red List category
This species has declined rapidly in the past, probably as a result of changing agricultural practice and hunting in its wintering grounds, and possibly habitat loss in its breeding grounds, and this decline is projected to continue. These factors qualify it as Vulnerable; although there have been reported local population increases, and if this should prove to be a more general trend then the species may warrant downlisting in the future.

Population size: 10000-19999 mature individuals

Population trend: decreasing

Extent of occurrence (breeding/resident): 3,080,000 km²

Country endemic: no

Attributes
Land-mass type - continent
Realm - Indomalayan
Realm - Palearctic
IUCN System - Freshwater
IUCN System - Terrestrial
AEMLAP