| Imperial pigeons | |
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| Pied Imperial-Pigeon | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Superorder: | Columbimorphae |
| Order: | Columbiformes |
| Family: | Columbidae |
| Subfamily: | Raphinae |
| Tribe: | Ptilinopini |
| Genus: | Ducula Hodgson, 1836 |
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Ducula is a genus of bird in the pigeon family Columbidae; these pigeons are very large and are called imperial pigeons. Most imperial pigeon species show contrasting light coloration of the head, neck, and belly with darker back and wings. Some species are white with black wings and tails, others are shades of pinkish-gray or blue-ish gray with dark green, blue, or brown backs and wings. Some species have remarkable features such as bulbous ceres or colored markings around the eyes. Imperial pigeons dwell in trees and eat fruit; thus most species are restricted to undisturbed forest habitats such as rainforest. They are strong flyers.
Species[]
- Pink-bellied Imperial Pigeon (Ducula poliocephala)
- White-bellied Imperial Pigeon (Ducula forsteni)
- Mindoro Imperial Pigeon (Ducula mindorensis)
- Grey-headed Imperial Pigeon (Ducula radiata)
- Spotted Imperial Pigeon (Ducula carola)
- Green Imperial Pigeon (Ducula aenea)
- Spectacled Imperial Pigeon (Ducula perspicillata)
- Elegant Imperial Pigeon (Ducula concinna)
- Pacific Imperial Pigeon (Ducula pacifica)
- Micronesian Imperial Pigeon (Ducula oceanica)
- Polynesian Imperial Pigeon (Ducula aurorae)
- Marquesan Imperial Pigeon (Ducula galeata)
- Red-knobbed Imperial Pigeon (Ducula rubricera)
- Spice Imperial Pigeon (Ducula myristicivora)
- Island Imperial Pigeon (Ducula pistrinaria)
- Christmas Imperial Pigeon (Ducula whartoni)
- Pink-headed Imperial Pigeon (Ducula rosacea)
- Grey Imperial Pigeon (Ducula pickeringii)
- Cinnamon-bellied Imperial Pigeon (Ducula basilica)
- Purple-tailed Imperial Pigeon (Ducula rufigaster)
- Finsch's Imperial Pigeon (Ducula finschii)
- Rufescent Imperial Pigeon (Ducula chalconota)
- Barking Imperial Pigeon (Ducula latrans)
- Chestnut-bellied Imperial Pigeon (Ducula brenchleyi)
- Vanuatu Imperial Pigeon (Ducula bakeri)
- Goliath Imperial Pigeon (Ducula goliath)
- Pinon's Imperial Pigeon (Ducula pinon)
- Black Imperial Pigeon (Ducula melanochroa)
- Collared Imperial Pigeon (Ducula mullerii)
- Zoe's Imperial Pigeon (Ducula zoeae)
- Mountain Imperial Pigeon (Ducula badia)
- Dark-backed Imperial Pigeon (Ducula lacernulata)
- Timor Imperial Pigeon (Ducula cineracea)
- Pied Imperial Pigeon (Ducula bicolor)
- Silver-tipped Imperial Pigeon (Ducula luctuosa)
- Torresian Imperial Pigeon (Ducula spilorrhoa)
- Yellowish Imperial Pigeon (Ducula subflavescens)
- Henderson Imperial Pigeon (Ducula harrisoni) (extinct)
References[]
Gibbs, David; Barnes, Eustace; Cox, John (2001). Pigeons and Doves: A Guide to the Pigeons and Doves of the World. Yale University Press. pp. 148–164, 526–572. ISBN 0-300-07886-2.
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