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Kingdom: Animalia > Phylum: Chordata > Class: Aves > Order: Columbiformes > Family: Columbidae > Genus: Columba > Species: Columba bollii

Bolle's Laurel Pigeon - Columba bollii Godman, 1872

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Threat status Europe	Least Concern (IUCN)
EU Population status	Unknown
Protected by	EU Birds Directive and 2 other international agreements
Natura 2000 sites	8 are designated for this species
Breeding habitats	sparsely vegetated land woodland and forest
Natura 2000 species code	A422

Distribution

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Threat and EU population status

IUCN Red List status of threatened species

The IUCN Red List threat status assesses the risk of extinction.

World

Least Concern

Europe

Least Concern

EU population status

The status of the population at the EU level was evaluated at the species level; this was based on the reports delivered by Member States under Article 12 of the Birds Directive (see fact sheet below). The EU status assessment can cover several subspecies/subspecific population units. For more information, please consult the species fact sheet and link below.

IUCN Red List Category

Not Evaluated	Near Threatened	Regionally Extinct
Not Applicable	Vulnerable	Extinct in the Wild
Data Deficient	Endangered	Extinct
Least Concern	Critically Endangered

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Population status categories for bird species under the Birds Directive

Secure

Near Threatened, declining or depleted

Threatened (i.e. vulnerable, endangered, critically endangered, regionally extinct)

Unknown or not evaluated

Natura 2000 sites

Protected in the following Natura 2000 sites

Sitecode	Country	Site name	Action
ES0000043	Spain	Caldera de Taburiente	Map
ES0000044	Spain	Garajonay	Map
ES0000095	Spain	Tigaiga	Map
ES0000103	Spain	El Hierro	Map
ES0000106	Spain	Teno	Map
ES0000107	Spain	Montes y cumbre de Tenerife	Map
ES0000109	Spain	Anaga	Map
ES0000114	Spain	Cumbres y acantilados del norte de La Palma	Map

Protected sites

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Legal status

Mentioned in the following international legal instruments and agreements

Legal text	Annex	More information
Directive 2009/147/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council, of 30 November 2009, on the conservation of wild birds (EU Birds Directive)	Annex I: Species that shall be the subject of special conservation measures concerning their habitat in order to ensure their survival and reproduction in their area of distribution. Member States shall classify territories as special protection areas for the conservation of these species.	http://ec.europa.eu/environm...rective/index_en.htm
Convention on the conservation of European wildlife and natural habitats (Bern Convention)	Annex II: strictly protected fauna species	http://www.coe.int/t/dg4/cul.../bern/default_en.asp
	Revised Annex I of Resolution 6 (1998) of the Bern Convention listing the species requiring specific habitat conservation measures (year of revision 2011)	https://wcd.coe.int/ViewDoc....ckColorLogged=FDC864 Resolution No. 6 (1998) of the Bern Convention lists the species requiring specific habitat conservation measures [and the designation of Areas of Special Conservation Interest (ASCIs) forming for the Emerald network]

Common names and synonyms

Common Name	Language	Reference
Bolle's Laurel Pigeon	English	EC-DGXI.d2, ETC/NC
Bolle's laurierduif	Dutch	EC-DGXI.d2, ETC/NC
Colomba di Bolle	Italian	EC-DGXI.d2, ETC/NC
Dark-tailed Laurel Pigeon	English	EC-DGXI.d2, ETC/NC
Kanarentaube	German	EC-DGXI.d2, ETC/NC
Kanariankyyhky	Finnish	EC-DGXI.d2, ETC/NC
Kanarieduva	Swedish	EC-DGXI.d2, ETC/NC
Kanarisk langtået due	Danish	EC-DGXI.d2, ETC/NC
Paloma turqué	Spanish	EC-DGXI.d2, ETC/NC
Pigeon de Bolle	French	EC-DGXI.d2, ETC/NC
Pombo-torcaz de Bolle	Portuguese	EC-DGXI.d2, ETC/NC

No synonyms available.

Other resources

Bird action plan
CoL (accepted name)	Catalogue of Life
EURing code:06720	European bird-ringing
EoL	Encyclopedia of Life
Fauna Europaea	Fauna Europaea
GBIF	Global Biodiversity Information Facility
ITIS (Valid name)	Interagency Taxonomic Information System
NCBI search	National Center for Biotechnology Information
PESI (Accepted)	Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure
Wikipedia	Wikipedia

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