Torresian Imperial Pigeon
Ducula spilorrhoa(Gray, GR, 1858)
English (US) Torresian Imperial Pigeon
The Torresian Imperial Pigeon (Ducula spilorrhoa) 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: New Guinea, including Aru Islands (off southwestern New Guinea) and adjacent islands, and northern Australia (Kimberley region, northern Western Australia eastward to east-central Queensland)Range summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Ducula spilorrhoa
- Order
- Columbiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Torresian Imperial Pigeon
- Described by
- (Gray, GR, 1858)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Carpophaga spilorrhoa
- Described by
- (Gray, GR, 1858)
- Type locality
- Aru Islands.
- Original description
- Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London pt.26, no.358 p.186,196
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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