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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
-	-	C1

Red List history

Year	Category	Criteria
2018	Vulnerable	C1
2016	Vulnerable	C1
2012	Vulnerable	C1
2008	Vulnerable	C1
2004	Endangered
2000	Endangered
1996	Critically Endangered
1994	Critically Endangered
1988	Threatened

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

	Estimate	Data quality
Extent of Occurrence (breeding/resident)	506,000 km2	medium
Number of locations	6-10	-
Severely fragmented?	no	-

	Estimate	Data quality	Derivation	Year of estimate
Population size	2500-9999 mature individuals	poor	estimated	2007
Population trend	decreasing	poor	estimated	1993-2008
Rate of change over the past 10 years/3 generations (longer of the two periods)	10%	-	-	-
Rate of change over the future 10 years/3 generations (longer of the two periods)	10%	-	-	-
Rate of change over the past & future 10 years/3 generations (longer of the two periods)	10%	-	-	-
Generation length	5 years	-	-	-
Number of subpopulations	2-100	-	-	-
Percentage of mature individuals in largest subpopulation	1-89%	-	-	-

Population justification: Given the low encounter rates, the population is estimated to be in the band 2,500-9,999 mature individuals. While occasionally seen in lowland coastal forest on Makira, it was most frequently seen in hill forest between 400 and 600 m altitude in the Bauro area (Mittermeier et al. in prep.).

Trend justification: Buchanan et al. (2008) calculated the rate of forest loss within the species's range on New Britain as 19% over three generations. Less detailed analysis is available for later years but about 2.2% of forest was lost plus 5.2% degraded across New Britain between 2002 and 2014 (Bryan and Shearman 2015). There is no comparative analysis of forest loss in the Solomon Islands but a large proportion of accessible forest has been logged and is under logging concessions (e.g. Katovai et al. 2015). However, the species is also threatened by introduced predators and hunting pressure, thus a decline of 10-20% is suspected to have occurred over the last three generations, and is expected to continue over the next three generations.

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

Country/Territory	IBA Name
Solomon Islands	East Makira
Solomon Islands	Kolombangara Upland Forest

Habitat (level 1)	Habitat (level 2)	Importance	Occurrence
Forest	Subtropical/Tropical Moist Lowland	major	resident
Forest	Subtropical/Tropical Moist Montane	suitable	resident
Altitude	0 - 1300 m	Occasional altitudinal limits

Threat (level 1)	Threat (level 2)	Impact and Stresses
Agriculture & aquaculture	Annual & perennial non-timber crops - Agro-industry farming	Timing		Scope		Severity		Impact
		Ongoing		Minority (<50%)		Rapid Declines		Medium Impact: 6
		Stresses Ecosystem conversion
Agriculture & aquaculture	Annual & perennial non-timber crops - Shifting agriculture	Timing		Scope		Severity		Impact
		Ongoing		Minority (<50%)		Slow, Significant Declines		Low Impact: 5
		Stresses Ecosystem degradation, Ecosystem conversion
Biological resource use	Hunting & trapping terrestrial animals - Intentional use (species is the target)	Timing		Scope		Severity		Impact
		Ongoing		Majority (50-90%)		Slow, Significant Declines		Medium Impact: 6
		Stresses Species mortality
Biological resource use	Logging & wood harvesting - Unintentional effects: (subsistence/small scale) [harvest]	Timing		Scope		Severity		Impact
		Ongoing		Majority (50-90%)		Slow, Significant Declines		Medium Impact: 6
		Stresses Ecosystem degradation

Purpose	Scale
Food - human	subsistence, national

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Species factsheet: Yellow-legged Pigeon Columba pallidiceps. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/factsheet/yellow-legged-pigeon-columba-pallidiceps on 23/11/2024.
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 23/11/2024.