Spilopelia chinensis
System : Terrestrial
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Animalia
Chordata
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Columbiformes
Columbidae
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Recommended citation: Global Invasive Species Database (2025) Species profile: Spilopelia chinensis. Downloaded from http://www.iucngisd.org/gisd/speciesname/Spilopelia+chinensis on 21-05-2025.

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Red List assessed species 1: LC = 1;
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MO
Spilopelia chinensis
Date assessed
2021-10-07
Year published
2023
Eicat category
MO (Moderate)
Justification for EICAT assessment


The Eastern Spotted Dove largely displaced the native Bar-shouldered Dove (Geopelia humeralis), where the two species occur sympatrically in Australia. There is no evidence that competition with the Eastern Spotted Dove has caused a local extinction of the Bar-shouldered Dove (Lever, 2005).
Confidence rating
Low
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Competition
Countries of most severe impact
Australia
Description of impacts
The Eastern Spotted Dove competes with native species, which has caused the displacement of the Bar-shouldered Dove in Australia. It is also a vector of avian malaria in Hawaii.
Assessor
Thomas Evans; Tom Allmert
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Recommended citation
Thomas Evans, Tom Allmert (2025). Spilopelia chinensis. IUCN Environmental Impact Classification for Alien Taxa (EICAT).