Purple-tailed Imperial Pigeon
Ducula rufigaster(Quoy, JRC; Gaimard, JP, 1832)
English (US) Purple-tailed Imperial Pigeon
The Purple-tailed Imperial Pigeon (Ducula rufigaster) 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.
- Scientific name
- Ducula rufigaster
- Order
- Columbiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Purple-tailed Imperial Pigeon
- Described by
- (Quoy, JRC; Gaimard, JP, 1832)
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Add Your ExpertiseRecognised subspecies
The AviList checklist recognises 2 subspecies for this species.
- Ducula rufigaster rufigaster
- Ducula rufigaster uropygialis
Taxonomic history
- First described as
- Columba rufigaster
- Described by
- (Quoy, JRC; Gaimard, JP, 1832)
- Type locality
- Dorey [now Manokwari] New Guinea.
- Original description
- Voyage de découvertes de la corvette l'Astrolabe, exécuté par ordre du Roi, pendant les années 1826-1827-1828-1829, sous le commandement de M. J. Dumont d'Urville (etc.). Zoologie. Vol. 1 1 p.245
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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