- Tawitawi Brown Dove
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Tawitawi Brown Dove Conservation status Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Aves Order: Columbiformes Family: Columbidae Genus: Phapitreron Species: P. cinereiceps Binomial name Phapitreron cinereiceps
(Bourns & Worcester, 1894)The Tawitawi Brown Dove (Phapitreron cinereiceps) is a threatened species of bird in the Columbidae family. It is endemic to forests in the Sulu Archipelago (islands of Tawi-Tawi and Sanga-Sanga) in the Philippines. Until recently it was considered conspecific with the Mindanao Brown Dove. Although threatened by habitat loss, the rate of loss significantly reduced from 2004–2007, and it was thus downlisted from Critically Endangered to Endangered status in the 2007 IUCN Red List.[1]
Footnotes
- ^ See BirdLife International (2007a,b).
References
- BirdLife International (2004). Phapitreron cinereiceps. 2006. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN 2006. www.iucnredlist.org. Retrieved on 24 July 2007.
- BirdLife International (2007a): 2006-2007 Red List status changes. Retrieved 2007-AUG-26.
- BirdLife International (2007b): Tawitawi Brown Dove - BirdLife Species Factsheet. Retrieved 2007-AUG-26.
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