Malabar Imperial Pigeon
Ducula cuprea(Jerdon, TC, 1840)
English (US) Malabar Imperial Pigeon
The Malabar Imperial Pigeon (Ducula cuprea) 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.
Range: southwestern India (Western Ghats from Goa to Kerala)Range summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Ducula cuprea
- Order
- Columbiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Malabar Imperial Pigeon
- Described by
- (Jerdon, TC, 1840)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Carpophaga cuprea
- Described by
- (Jerdon, TC, 1840)
- Type locality
- Wynaad.
- Original description
- Madras Journal of Literature and Science 12, no.28 p.12
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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