Green Imperial Pigeon
Ducula aenea(Linnaeus, C, 1766)
English (US) Green Imperial Pigeon
The Green Imperial Pigeon (Ducula aenea) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Columbidae (Doves and Pigeons) in the order Columbiformes.
- Scientific name
- Ducula aenea
- Order
- Columbiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Near Threatened
- English (US)
- Green Imperial Pigeon
- Described by
- (Linnaeus, C, 1766)
No guides listed yet for Green Imperial Pigeon
Be the first expert to offer guided tours for this species.
Add Your ExpertiseRecognised subspecies
The AviList checklist recognises 11 subspecies for this species.
- Ducula aenea sylvatica
- Ducula aenea pusilla
- Ducula aenea andamanica
- Ducula aenea consobrina
- Ducula aenea polia
- Ducula aenea palawanensis
- Ducula aenea fugaensis
- Ducula aenea nuchalis
- Ducula aenea aenea
- Ducula aenea intermedia
- Ducula aenea paulina
Taxonomic history
- First described as
- Columba aenea
- Described by
- (Linnaeus, C, 1766)
- Type locality
- 'in Moluccis'; error = Flores, designated by Hartert and Goodson, Nov. Zool., 25, 1918, p. 346.
- Original description
- Systema Naturæ. Editio duodecima reformata. Tomus I [part 1] p.283
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
Other species of the family Doves and Pigeons
Pale Mountain Pigeon
Gymnophaps solomonensis
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
Enggano Imperial Pigeon
Ducula oenothorax
Nicobar Imperial Pigeon
Ducula nicobarica
Spectacled Imperial Pigeon
Ducula perspicillata
Seram Imperial Pigeon
Ducula neglecta
Elegant Imperial Pigeon
Ducula concinna
Pacific Imperial Pigeon
Ducula pacifica
Looking for a different species?