White-crowned Pigeon
Common
Name: White-crowned Pigeon (WCPI)
Scientific
Name:
Columba leucocephala
Global/Continental
Conservation Status: IUCN
2004 Red List – NT (Near Threatened)
National-level
Conservation Status:
Mexico
- Normas Oficiales Mexicanas (NOM) para la Proteccion Ambiental (Official
Mexican Standards for Environmental Protection) - Threatened
Key
Reference(s):
BNA No. 596 (Bancroft and Bowman 2001)
Distribution:
Breeds in s
Florida
,
Bahamas
, Antilles (s to Barbuda and Antigua), Cayman Islands, islands of w
Caribbean Sea
, and Caribbean Panama. Winters
throughout most of breeding range, regularly in s peninsular
Florida
,
Florida
Keys, n
Bahamas
, ranging in Middle America to coastal areas, and in the Lesser Antilles
south to
St. Lucia
(AOU 1998)
Habitat
Associations:
Mangrove forest, tropical deciduous forest, tropical lowland
evergreen forest (AOU 1998)
Source(s)
of Research/monitoring Needs: BNA No.
596 (Bancroft and Bowman 2001); PIF Monitoring Needs document (Partners in
Flight Science Committee 2004)
PIF
Continental Plan Monitoring Needs Category: Mo1
(Essentially no data on population trend); Mo4 (2/3 or more of Western
Hemisphere breeding range is south of
U.S.
(PIF Monitoring Needs doc)
RESEARCH/MONITORING NEEDS (source(s) of needs)
Monitoring
- Priority
monitoring action – Conduct Caribbean species-specific surveys (PIF
Monitoring Needs doc); (similar) Implement monitoring of WCPI
throughout range but especially in Bahamas, Cuba, Dominican Republic
& Jamaica (BNA)
- Second
priority monitoring action – Conduct species-specific surveys in the
U.S.
(PIF Monitoring Needs doc); (similar) Estimate population of WCPI in
Florida
; develop information on nesting locations from Key Vaca south thru
Key West (BNA)
- High
priority candidate for rapid status assessment (PIF Monitoring Needs
doc)
- Comprehensive
geographic study of WCPI in
Bahamas
to identify important nesting and feeding sites for future protection
(BNA)
Habitat Needs/Ecology/Life History
- Factors
influencing cessation of nesting and more information on termination
of parental care (BNA)
- Information
on patterns & timing of molts (BNA)
Effects of Human Development/Disturbance
- Effects
of power lines on WCPI survivorship in Florida (BNA)
Migration
- Determine
WCPI migration patterns throughout range (BNA)
Wintering
- Determine
WCPI winter habitat requirements throughout range (BNA)
Demographics
- Information
on adult survival & factors influencing adult survival (BNA)
Habitat Restoration
- Develop
methods & recommendations for restoration of nesting and feeding
habitats (BNA)
[Link
to References]
[Link
to PIF Bird Conservation Plans]
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