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Threatened columbid species

Below is a list of the threatened columbid species (data from BirdLife International). Click on species names for links to individual species fact sheets. A searchable database of the threatened pigeon species in Asia, with links to detailed species accounts, can be found in the online version of: BirdLife International (2001) Threatened birds of Asia: the BirdLife International Red Data Book. Cambridge, UK: BirdLife International.

A review of pigeon and dove threat by Columbidae Conservation was published in Oryx, the international journal of conservation, last year. Please contact us for a copy of this article:

Walker, J.S. (jon “at” columbidae.org.uk) (2007). Geographical patterns of threat among pigeons and doves (Columbidae). Oryx 41(3): 289-299.

Threatened Pigeons of the World (2008 revisions)
Dysmoropelia dekarchiskos
EX
Columba duboisi
EX
Columba versicolor
EX
Columba jouyi
EX
Ectopistes migratorius
EX
Gallicolumba norfolciensis
EX
Gallicolumba ferruginea
EX
Gallicolumba salamonis
EX
Caloenas maculata
EX
Microgoura meeki
EX
Ptilinopus mercierii
EX
Alectroenas rodericana
EX
Alectroenas nitidissima
EX
Zenaida graysoni
EW
Columba argentina
CR
Columbina cyanopis
CR
Claravis godefrida
CR
Leptotila wellsi
CR
Gallicolumba platenae
CR
Gallicolumba keayi
CR
Gallicolumba menagei
CR
Gallicolumba erythroptera
CR
Ptilinopus arcanus
CR
Columba junoniae
EN
Streptopelia mayeri
EN
Leptotila conoveri
EN
Geotrygon carrikeri
EN
Starnoenas cyanocephala
EN
Gallicolumba sanctaecrucis
EN
Gallicolumba hoedtii
EN
Phapitreron cinereiceps
EN
Treron psittaceus
EN
Ptilinopus roseicapilla
EN
Ducula mindorensis
EN
Ducula aurorae
EN
Ducula galeata
EN
Ducula cineracea
EN
Didunculus strigirostris
EN
Columba eversmanni
VU
Columba thomensis
VU
Columba elphinstonii
VU
Columba torringtoni
VU
Columba punicea
VU
Columba pallidiceps
VU
Patagioenas caribaea
VU
Patagioenas oenops
VU
Henicophaps foersteri
VU
Leptotila battyi
VU
Leptotila ochraceiventris
VU
Geotrygon caniceps
VU
Gallicolumba rubescens
VU
Gallicolumba crinigera
VU
Gallicolumba kubaryi
VU
Gallicolumba stairi
VU
Phapitreron brunneiceps
VU
Treron floris
VU
Treron capellei
VU
Treron pembaensis
VU
Ptilinopus dohertyi
VU
Ptilinopus marchei
VU
Ptilinopus rarotongensis
VU
Ptilinopus huttoni
VU
Ptilinopus chalcurus
VU
Ptilinopus insularis
VU
Ptilinopus granulifrons
VU
Ducula carola
VU
Ducula whartoni
VU
Ducula pickeringii
VU
Ducula brenchleyi
VU
Ducula bakeri
VU
Goura cristata
VU
Goura victoria
VU
Goura scheepmakeri
VU
Columba trocaz
NT
Columba bollii
NT
Columba pollenii
NT
Columba albinucha
NT
Columba palumboides
NT
Columba janthina
NT
Patagioenas leucocephala
NT
Patagioenas inornata
NT
Streptopelia reichenowi
NT
Macropygia rufipennis
NT
Pied Cuckoo-dove Reinwardtoena browni
NT
Reinwardtoena crassirostris
NT
Turacoena modesta
NT
Geophaps smithii
NT
Geotrygon versicolor
NT
Geotrygon goldmani
NT
Caloenas nicobarica
NT
Gallicolumba luzonica
NT
Gallicolumba xanthonura
NT
Gallicolumba canifrons
NT
Treron fulvicollis
NT
Treron teysmannii
NT
Treron oxyurus
NT
Treron formosae
NT
Ptilinopus merrilli
NT
Ptilinopus jambu
NT
Ptilinopus subgularis
NT
Ptilinopus tannensis
NT
Ptilinopus monacha
NT
Ptilinopus coralensis
NT
Ptilinopus eugeniae
NT
Ptilinopus layardi
NT
Drepanoptila holosericea
NT
Ducula poliocephala
NT
Ducula oceanica
NT
Red-knobbed Imperial-pigeon Ducula rubricera
NT
Ducula rosacea
NT
Finsch's Imperial-pigeon Ducula finschii
NT
Ducula goliath
NT
Ducula subflavescens
NT
Hemiphaga novaeseelandiae
NT
Columba oliviae
DD

EX = Extinct
EW = Extinct in the Wild
CR = Critically Endangered
EN = Endangered
VU = Vulnerable
NT = Near Threatened
DD = Data Deficient

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all species within the Columbidae family, the pigeons and doves, and their habitat.