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Pampusana erythroptera (Polynesian Ground Dove)

Synonyms: Alopecoenas erythropterus (homotypic); Columba erythroptera (homotypic); Gallicolumba erythroptera; Gallicolumba erythroptera erythroptera; Gallicolumba erythroptera pectoralis

Wikipedia Abstract

The Polynesian ground dove (Gallicolumba erythroptera) is a critically endangered species of bird in the family Columbidae. It is endemic to the Tuamotus in French Polynesia with recent records from the atolls of Matureivavao, Rangiroa, Tenararo, Morane, Vahanga and perhaps Tikehau. It favors tropical forests, especially with Pandanus tectorius, Pisonia grandis and shrubs, but it has also been recorded from dense shrub growing below coconut palms. It is threatened by habitat loss and predation by introduced species such as cats and rats. The total population is estimated to be around 100-120 birds and it has already disappeared from several islands where it formerly occurred.
View Wikipedia Record: Pampusana erythroptera

Infraspecies

Endangered Species

Status: Critically Endangered
View IUCN Record: Pampusana erythroptera

EDGE Analysis

Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) 
4
 Unique (100)
Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0) 
67
 Unique & Vulnerable (100)
ED Score: 9.39814
EDGE Score: 5.11422
View EDGE Record: Pampusana erythroptera

Attributes

Adult Weight [1]  114 grams
Diet [2]  Carnivore (Invertebrates), Herbivore
Diet - Invertibrates [2]  70 %
Diet - Plants [2]  30 %
Forages - Understory [2]  20 %
Forages - Ground [2]  80 %

Ecoregions

Name Countries Ecozone Biome Species Report Climate Land
Use
Society Islands tropical moist forests France Oceania Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests  
Tuamotu tropical moist forests France, United Kingdom Oceania Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests    

Biodiversity Hotspots

Name Location Endemic Species Website
Polynesia-Micronesia Fiji, Micronesia, Polynesia, Samoa, Tonga, United States Yes

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
1Nathan P. Myhrvold, Elita Baldridge, Benjamin Chan, Dhileep Sivam, Daniel L. Freeman, and S. K. Morgan Ernest. 2015. An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles. Ecology 96:3109
2Hamish Wilman, Jonathan Belmaker, Jennifer Simpson, Carolina de la Rosa, Marcelo M. Rivadeneira, and Walter Jetz. 2014. EltonTraits 1.0: Species-level foraging attributes of the world's birds and mammals. Ecology 95:2027
Ecoregions provided by World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF). WildFinder: Online database of species distributions, ver. 01.06 Wildfinder Database
Biodiversity Hotspots provided by Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0