Grey Imperial Pigeon
Ducula pickeringii(Cassin, J, 1855)
English (US) Gray Imperial Pigeon
UK name: Grey Imperial Pigeon
The Grey Imperial Pigeon (Ducula pickeringii) 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: islands off northeastern Borneo, Talaud Islands, Miangas Island, and Sulu Sea islets (far southwestern Philippines)Range summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Ducula pickeringii
- Order
- Columbiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Vulnerable
- English (US)
- Gray Imperial Pigeon
- English (UK)
- Grey Imperial Pigeon
- Described by
- (Cassin, J, 1855)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Carpophaga Pickeringii
- Described by
- (Cassin, J, 1855)
- Type locality
- 'Mangsi, Sooloo Islands' = Mangsi Islet, off the northern tip of Borneo.
- Original description
- Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 7 p.228
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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