Spectacled Imperial Pigeon
Ducula perspicillata(Temminck, CJ, 1824)
English (US) Spectacled Imperial Pigeon
The Spectacled Imperial Pigeon (Ducula perspicillata) 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: northern Moluccas and Kofiau (Raja Ampat Islands, off western New Guinea)Range summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Ducula perspicillata
- Order
- Columbiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Spectacled Imperial Pigeon
- Described by
- (Temminck, CJ, 1824)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Columba perspicillata
- Described by
- (Temminck, CJ, 1824)
- Type locality
- Philippines and some islands in the Moluccas, restricted type locality, Halmahera.
- Original description
- Nouveau recueil de planches coloriées d'oiseaux, pour servir de suite et de complément aux planches enluminées de Buffon livr.42, vol.4 pl.246
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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