Mountain Imperial Pigeon
Ducula badia(Raffles, TS, 1822)
English (US) Mountain Imperial Pigeon
The Mountain Imperial Pigeon (Ducula badia) 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 badia
- Order
- Columbiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Mountain Imperial Pigeon
- Described by
- (Raffles, TS, 1822)
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Add Your ExpertiseRecognised subspecies
The AviList checklist recognises 3 subspecies for this species.
- Ducula badia insignis
- Ducula badia griseicapilla
- Ducula badia badia
Taxonomic history
- First described as
- Columba badia
- Described by
- (Raffles, TS, 1822)
- Type locality
- Sumatra = Benkulen, western Sumatra.
- Original description
- Transactions of the Linnean Society of London 13, pt.2 p.317
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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