Black Imperial Pigeon
Ducula melanochroa(Sclater, PL, 1878)
English (US) Black Imperial Pigeon
The Black Imperial Pigeon (Ducula melanochroa) 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: Bismarck ArchipelagoRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Ducula melanochroa
- Order
- Columbiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Black Imperial Pigeon
- Described by
- (Sclater, PL, 1878)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Carpophaga melanochroa
- Described by
- (Sclater, PL, 1878)
- Type locality
- Duke of York Group.
- Original description
- Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1878, pt.3 p.672 pl.42
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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Timor Imperial Pigeon
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