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Yellow-legged pigeon

Columba pallidiceps (E. P. Ramsay, 1878)

VUVulnerablebirds

The yellow-legged pigeon (Columba pallidiceps) is a species in the family Columbidae, order Columbiformes. Recorded adults weigh about 459 g. Source checklists list it for 1 country: Australia. Its IUCN Red List status is Vulnerable.

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Quick facts about the yellow-legged pigeon

Weight
459 gsrc for Weight
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Diet
Omnivoresrc for Diet
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
forestsrc for Habitat
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Lifestyle
Perchingsrc for Lifestyle
Migration
Sedentarysrc for Migration
Conservation status
Vulnerable (IUCN)src for Conservation status
Countries on record
1 countrysrc for Countries on record

Where does the yellow-legged pigeon live?

Countries where Catalogue of Life checklists list the species. Many checklists carry no country data, so the list is often incomplete. It is not a range map.

The yellow-legged pigeon is listed for 1 country.

Australia
  • Listed
  • Not listed
small islands are not drawn at this scale

The same countries as a list

  1. Australia

Why a country list is not a range map

Listed by: ITIS (scope: global), through the Catalogue of Life.

What is the yellow-legged pigeon?

Quoted from WikipediaCC BY-SA 4.0

The yellow-legged pigeon (Columba pallidiceps) is a bird species in the family Columbidae. It is found in the Bismarck and Solomon archipelagos. 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 Endangered by the IUCN. But new research has shown it to be not as rare as it was believed; consequently, it was downlisted to Vulnerable in 2008.

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Is the yellow-legged pigeon endangered?

The yellow-legged pigeon is listed as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List: it faces a high risk of extinction in the wild.

  1. LCLeast Concern
  2. NTNear Threatened
  3. VUVulnerable
  4. ENEndangered
  5. CRCritically Endangered
  6. EWExtinct in the Wild
  7. EXExtinct

Category via Wikidata (CC0). Find the full assessment on the IUCN Red List. See all Vulnerable species. What the categories mean.

How is the yellow-legged pigeon classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classAves
  4. orderColumbiformes
  5. familyColumbidae
  6. genusColumba
  7. SpeciesColumba pallidiceps (E. P. Ramsay, 1878)

Synonyms Ianthaenas pallidiceps, Ianthoenas philippanae

Other names and names in other languages (30)
  • حمام اصفر الأرجلArabic
  • colom de cap pàl·lidCatalan
  • holub žlutonohýCzech
  • colomen goesfelenWelsh
  • Gulbenet SkovdueDanish
  • GelbfußtaubeGerman
  • flavkrura kolomboEsperanto
  • Paloma cabeciclaraSpanish
  • koldjalg-tuviEstonian
  • keltajalkakyyhkyFinnish
  • Pigeon à tête pâleFrench
  • sárgalábú galambHungarian
  • Piccione zampegialleItalian
  • キアシカラスバトJapanese
  • geltonkojis karvelisLithuanian
  • GeelpootduifDutch
  • praktdueNorwegian
  • gołąb żółtonogiPolish
  • پیلیاںلتانوالا کبوترWestern Panjabi
  • pombo-de-cabeça-claraPortuguese
  • pombo-de-patas-amarelasPortuguese
  • Желтоногий вяхирьRussian
  • Желтоногий голубьRussian
  • holub svetlohlavýSlovak
  • Žutonogi golubSerbian
  • gulfotad duvaSwedish
  • Sarı Bacaklı GüvercinTurkish
  • голуб жовтоногийUkrainian
  • 黃腳鴿Chinese
  • 黄腿鸽Chinese

Catalogue of LifeWikipediaiNaturalistWikidataIUCN Red List

Relatives of the yellow-legged pigeon

Other species in the same genus Columba.

LC, Least Concern
Rock dove (Columba livia)

Rock dove

Columba livia

Columbidae

LC, Least Concern
Stock dove (Columba oenas)

Stock dove

Columba oenas

Columbidae

LC, Least Concern
Snow pigeon (Columba leuconota)

Snow pigeon

Columba leuconota

Columbidae

LC, Least Concern
Hill pigeon (Columba rupestris)

Hill pigeon

Columba rupestris

Columbidae

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

How big is the yellow-legged pigeon?

An adult yellow-legged pigeon weighs 459 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Where does the yellow-legged pigeon live?

Catalogue of Life checklists list the yellow-legged pigeon for 1 country: Australia. Checklist coverage is uneven, so the true range may be wider.

Is the yellow-legged pigeon endangered?

The yellow-legged pigeon is listed as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List, meaning it faces a high risk of extinction in the wild.

What kind of animal is the yellow-legged pigeon?

The yellow-legged pigeon (Columba pallidiceps) belongs to the family Columbidae in the order Columbiformes.

Sources and how to cite this page

Data as of 2026-11-11. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Yellow-legged pigeon (Columba pallidiceps). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/yellow-legged-pigeon

MLA

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BibTeX
@misc{yellow_legged_pigeon_2026,
  title = {Yellow-legged pigeon (Columba pallidiceps)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/yellow-legged-pigeon},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}