Gallicolumba luzonica

– Near Threatened

Taxonomy

Kingdom:

ANIMALIA

Phylum:

CHORDATA

Class:

AVES

Order:

COLUMBIFORMES

Family:

COLUMBIDAE

Scientific Name:

Gallicolumba luzonica

Species Authority:

(Scopoli, 1786)

Common Name/s:

English	—	LUZON BLEEDING-HEART
French	—	COLOMBE POIGNARDÉE, GALLICOLOMBE POIGNARDÉE
Spanish	—	PALOMA APUÑALADA DE LUZÓN

Assessment Information

Red List Category & Criteria:

NT ver 3.1 (2001)

Year Assessed:

2004

Assessor/s:

BirdLife International

Evaluator/s:

Stattersfield, A., Benstead, P. & Butchart, S. (BirdLife International Red List Authority)

Justification:

Nearly qualifies for listing as threatened under criteria A2d+3d; C2a(i).

History:

1988	-	Lower Risk/least concern (BirdLife International 2004)
1994	-	Lower Risk/near threatened (Collar, Crosby and Stattersfield 1994)
2000	-	Lower Risk/near threatened (BirdLife International 2000)

Geographic Range

Range Description:

Gallicolumba luzonica is endemic to Luzon, Philippines, where it is recorded from a wide range of localities in lowland (below 1,400 m) forest, including selectively logged and otherwise poor secondary growth and even plantations, in the Sierra Madre south to Quezon National Park and Mt Makiling, with a recent report from Mt Bulusan in the south. It is vulnerable to snaring, but remains widespread and locally numerous. CITES Appendix II.

Countries:

Native:

Philippines

Habitat and Ecology

System:

Terrestrial

Citation:	BirdLife International 2004. Gallicolumba luzonica. In: IUCN 2007. 2007 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 06 September 2008.
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