Yellow-legged pigeon
Yellow-legged pigeon | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Columbiformes |
Family: | Columbidae |
Genus: | Columba |
Species: | C. pallidiceps
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Binomial name | |
Columba pallidiceps (Ramsay, 1877)
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The yellow-legged pigeon (Columba pallidiceps) is a bird species in the family Columbidae. It is found in the Bismarck and Solomon archipelagos.
Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests. It is threatened by habitat loss.
It was formerly classified as Endangered by the IUCN.[2] But new research has shown it to be not as rare as it was believed. Consequently, it is downlisted to Vulnerable in 2008.[3]
References[]
- ^ BirdLife International (2012). "Columba pallidiceps". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
- ^ BLI (2004)
- ^ BLI (2008)
Cited works[]
- BirdLife International (BLI) (2008): [2008 IUCN Redlist status changes]. Retrieved 2008-MAY-23.
External links[]
Categories:
- IUCN Red List vulnerable species
- Columba (genus)
- Birds of the Bismarck Archipelago
- Birds of the Solomon Islands
- Birds described in 1877
- Columbiformes stubs