| Citation |
BirdLife International. 2016. Columba vitiensis. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T22690211A93265338. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22690211A93265338.en. Accessed on 26 April 2022. Brinkman, J.J., van der Ven, W., Allen, D., Hutchinson, R., Jensen, A.E., Perez, C. (2021): Checklist of birds of the Philippines. Wild Bird Club of the Philippines. www.birdwatch.ph |
Description |
JUSTIFICATION
This species has an extremely large range, and hence does not approach the thresholds for Vulnerable under the range size criterion (Extent of Occurrence <20,000 km2 combined with a declining or fluctuating range size, habitat extent/quality, or population size and a small number of locations or severe fragmentation). The population trend appears to be stable, and hence the species does not approach the thresholds for Vulnerable under the population trend criterion (>30% decline over ten years or three generations). The population size has not been quantified, but it is not believed to approach the thresholds for Vulnerable under the population size criterion (<10,000 mature individuals with a continuing decline estimated to be >10% in ten years or three generations, or with a specified population structure). For these reasons the species is evaluated as Least Concern.
RANGE DESCRIPTION
Columba vitiensis is distributed through the islands of Indomalaya, Australasia and Oceania. It occurs in the Philippines, Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, the Solomon Islands, Vanuatu, New Caledonia (to France), Fiji and Samoa (del Hoyo et al. 1997). The subspecies godmanae once occurred on Australias Lord Howe Island, but it has been extinct since the mid-1800s (McAllan et al. 2004).
DESCRIPTION
The global population size has not been quantified, but the species is described as very rare on Bougainville and the Bismarck islands and common on many Pacific islands. Race metallica is rare except on Timor where it is common (Gibbs et al. 2001).
Trend Justification: The population is suspected to be stable in the absence of evidence for any declines or substantial threats. |
