Geelvink Imperial Pigeon
Ducula geelvinkiana(Schlegel, H, 1873)
English (US) Geelvink Imperial Pigeon
The Geelvink Imperial Pigeon (Ducula geelvinkiana) 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: Numfor, Biak, and Mios Num (Cenderawasih Bay, off northwestern New Guinea)Range summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Ducula geelvinkiana
- Order
- Columbiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Geelvink Imperial Pigeon
- Described by
- (Schlegel, H, 1873)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Carpophaga geelvinkiana
- Described by
- (Schlegel, H, 1873)
- Type locality
- Islands in Geelvink Bay.
- Original description
- Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle des Pays-Bas. Revue méthodique et critique des collections déposées dans cet établissement livr.10 AvesColumbae, no.35 p.86,87
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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