Ducula subflavescens

Taxonomy

Assessment Information

Geographic Range

Population

Habitat and Ecology

Threats

Conservation Actions

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Taxonomy [top]

Kingdom	Phylum	Class	Order	Family
ANIMALIA	CHORDATA	AVES	COLUMBIFORMES	COLUMBIDAE

Scientific Name:

Ducula subflavescens

Species Authority:

(Finsch, 1886)

Common Name/s:

English

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Bismarck Imperial Pigeon, Yellowish Imperial-pigeon, Yellow-tinted Imperial-Pigeon

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria:

Near Threatened ver 3.1

Year Published:

2008

Assessor/s:

BirdLife International

Reviewer/s:

Mahood, S., Butchart, S.

Contributor/s:

Dutson, G., Bishop, K.

Justification:
This species is classified as Near Threatened because lowland forest conversion to oil palm plantations and logging are likely to be causing its population to decline moderately rapidly.

History:

2004

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Near Threatened

Geographic Range [top]

Range Description:	Ducula subflavescens is endemic to New Britain, New Ireland, Manus and nearby small islands in Papua New Guinea. It is locally common on New Britain in flocks of up to a few tens of birds but on New Ireland there are recent records only from the far south and there are only two recent records from Manus.
Countries:	Native: Papua New Guinea
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Population [top]

Population:	Buchanan et al in press.
Population Trend:	Decreasing

Habitat and Ecology [top]

Habitat and Ecology:	It is a nomadic forest species, usually seen in lowland forest but recorded sporadically up to 900 m on New Britain^1,2,3,5. It may have a requirement for coastal or lowland riverine forest⁴ and most records are from primary forest.
Systems:	Terrestrial

Threats [top]

Major Threat(s):	Most lowland forest and especially coastal forest in this species's range is threatened by logging and conversion to oil palm plantations. On New Britain, 20% of forest within the species elevational range was cleared during the last 15 years⁶. It appears not to be threatened by hunting².

Major Threat(s):

Most lowland forest and especially coastal forest in this species's range is threatened by logging and conversion to oil palm plantations. On New Britain, 20% of forest within the species elevational range was cleared during the last 15 years⁶. It appears not to be threatened by hunting².

Conservation Actions [top]

Conservation Actions:	Conservation Actions Underway None is known. Conservation Actions Proposed Identify and effectively protect a network of reserves, including some containing large areas of unlogged lowland forest and some large community-based conservation areas. Continue to monitor trends in forest loss. Research its tolerance of degraded forest. Monitor populations in a number of primary forest and degraded forest sites across the islands.

Conservation Actions:

Conservation Actions Underway
None is known.

Conservation Actions Proposed
Identify and effectively protect a network of reserves, including some containing large areas of unlogged lowland forest and some large community-based conservation areas. Continue to monitor trends in forest loss. Research its tolerance of degraded forest. Monitor populations in a number of primary forest and degraded forest sites across the islands.

Citation:	BirdLife International 2008. Ducula subflavescens. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 24 May 2012.
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