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Ducula mindorensis (Mindoro Imperial Pigeon; Mindoro Zone-tailed Pigeon)

Wikipedia Abstract

The Mindoro imperial pigeon (Ducula mindorensis) is a bird species in the family Columbidae. It is endemic to the Philippines. 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 a Vulnerable species by the IUCN. But new research has shown it to be rarer than it was believed. Consequently, it is uplisted to Endangered status in 2008.
View Wikipedia Record: Ducula mindorensis

Endangered Species

Status: Endangered
View IUCN Record: Ducula mindorensis

EDGE Analysis

Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) 
2
 Unique (100)
Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0) 
50
 Unique & Vulnerable (100)
ED Score: 5.7006
EDGE Score: 3.98164
Learn more at EDGE of Existence programme

Attributes

Diet [1]  Frugivore
Diet - Fruit [1]  100 %
Forages - Canopy [1]  40 %
Forages - Mid-High [1]  60 %

Ecoregions

Name Countries Ecozone Biome Species Report Climate Land
Use
Mindoro rain forests Philippines Indo-Malayan Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Mounts Iglit - Baco National Park II 209622 Philippines  
Puerto Galera Biosphere Reserve 57445 Philippines  

Important Bird Areas

Name Location  IBA Criteria   Website   Climate   Land Use 
Iglit: Baco Mountains Philippines A1, A2
Lake Naujan National Park Philippines A1, A2, A4i
Mount Halcon Philippines A1, A2
Mount Hinunduang Philippines A1, A2
Puerto Galera Philippines A1, A2

Biodiversity Hotspots

Name Location Endemic Species Website
Philippines Philippines Yes

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Hamish 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