Creatures in Crisis
Photograph of Raiatea Fruit Dove (Ptilinopus chrysogaster), recorded as Endangered
Raiatea Fruit Dove (Ptilinopus chrysogaster). Image via Wikimedia Commons.

Endangered

Raiatea Fruit Dove

Ptilinopus chrysogaster

Raiatea Fruit Dove is a pigeon in the family Columbidae (order Columbiformes) — Ptilinopus chrysogaster, recorded as Endangered.

Status
Endangered
Scientific name
Ptilinopus chrysogaster
Taxonomy
Aves · Columbiformes · Columbidae · Ptilinopus

Appearance

It was formerly considered a subspecies of the grey-green fruit dove but was split as a distinct species by the IOC in 2021.

Range and habitat

It is endemic to the Society Islands in French Polynesia. Its natural habitat is tropical moist lowland forests.

The Raiatea fruit dove is endemic to the French Polynesian islands Huahine, Raiatea, Tahaa, Bora Bora, and, at least formerly, Maupiti.

Pins are Wikidata “endemic to” fields. Orange dots, when present, are GBIF occurrence tiles — survey bias included.

Breeding

Pigeons nest in trees or on the ground and raise few young. An island dove with a high threat category is usually one introduced mammal away from silence.

In crisis

There is an estimated population of 1000 to 2500 mature individual birds. Better population estimates after 2001 are unknown. There is an ongoing population decline due to habitat destruction. The introduction of non-native plants, predation by invasive species such as the swamp harrier (Circus approximans) and feral cats, Polynesian rats (Rattus exulans), black rats (R. Rattus) have a negative impact on the quality of the species habitat.

Raiatea Fruit Dove is Endangered on this catalog because that is the IUCN category stored on Wikidata. Confirm the official criteria and any later count on iucnredlist.org.

Sources

Written for this catalog from the English Wikipedia article on Raiatea Fruit Dove, Wikidata item Q55111825. Family and order context is original field-guide writing about the group, not a copied assessment of this one species. Wikipedia text is CC BY-SA. Not an IUCN assessment. Counts, when quoted, can change — confirm them on the recovery programme and on iucnredlist.org.

Photograph via Wikimedia Commons. Wikipedia · Wikidata · IUCN Red List.

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Quick answers

What is Raiatea Fruit Dove?
Raiatea Fruit Dove is a pigeon in the family Columbidae (order Columbiformes) — Ptilinopus chrysogaster.
What is the conservation status of Raiatea Fruit Dove?
Endangered, as the IUCN category stored on Wikidata for Ptilinopus chrysogaster. Confirm the official assessment on iucnredlist.org.
Where does Raiatea Fruit Dove live?
It is endemic to the Society Islands in French Polynesia.
Why is Raiatea Fruit Dove in crisis?
There is an estimated population of 1000 to 2500 mature individual birds.
Is this the IUCN Red List page for Ptilinopus chrysogaster?
No. This is a researched catalog account. The Red List is the assessment.
Is Raiatea Fruit Dove a pet?
An animal on this catalog is in crisis in the wild. Keeping one is usually the wrong question.