Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical mangrove forests. It is threatened by habitat loss. However, it seems to decline less dramatically than anticipated. It is thus downlisted from Critically Endangered to Endangered status in the 2007 IUCN Red List.
The Dark-eared Brown Dove is classified as Endangered (EN), considered to be facing a very high risk of extinction in the wild.
brunneiceps under the name Dark-eared Brown Dove Phapitreron cinereiceps but split following Collar, N. J., N. Aldrin, D. Mallari, and B. R. Tabaranza, Jr. III. (1999) Threatened birds of the Philippines: the Haribon Foundation / BirdLife International Red Data Book. Bookmark, Inc. Makati City, Philippines. Select an image: More
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