Christmas Imperial Pigeon
Ducula whartoni(Sharpe, RB, 1887)
English (US) Christmas Imperial Pigeon
The Christmas Imperial Pigeon (Ducula whartoni) 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: Christmas Island (east-central Indian Ocean)Range summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Ducula whartoni
- Order
- Columbiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Christmas Imperial Pigeon
- Described by
- (Sharpe, RB, 1887)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Carpophaga whartoni
- Described by
- (Sharpe, RB, 1887)
- Type locality
- Christmas Island.
- Original description
- Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1887, pt.3, no.34 p.515 pl.43
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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