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Genus: Ducula (42 species)


Green Imperial Pigeon (Ducula aenea) Near Threatened Range: OR: widespread Miami Zoo, Miami, Florida, USA
Photograph by Tom Friedel © All Rights Reserved.

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Polynesian Imperial Pigeon (Ducula aurorae) Endangered Range: PO: Makatea (w Tuamotu Arch.) and formerly Society Is.


Mountain Imperial Pigeon (Ducula badia badia) Range: OR: Himalayas from Nepal to s China, Hainan, se Asia, Malay Pen. and Greater Sundas Kaeng Krachan, Phetchaburi, Thailand
Photograph by Dave Curtis Copyright and usage info This file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported. In short: you are free to share the file for non-commercial purposes under the conditions that you appropriately attribute it, and that you distribute it only under a license identical to this one. If you remix, transform, or build upon the material, you may not distribute the modified material.

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Vanuatu Imperial Pigeon (Ducula bakeri) Range: AU: Banks Is. to Ambrym (n to c Vanuatu)

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Cinnamon-bellied Imperial Pigeon (Ducula basilica) Range: AU: n Moluccas


Pied Imperial Pigeon (Ducula bicolor) Range: OR: Andaman Is., se Asia, Philippines, Indonesian Arch., Raja Ampat Is. (nw of New Guinea) and coasts of Bird's Head and Neck (nw New Guinea) Green Cay Nature Center, Delray Beach, Florida, USA
Photograph by Tom Friedel © All Rights Reserved.

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Chestnut-bellied Imperial Pigeon (Ducula brenchleyi) Near Threatened Range: AU: Guadalcanal, Malaita and Makira and satellites (sc, se Solomon Is.)

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Spotted Imperial Pigeon (Ducula carola) Vulnerable Range: OR: Philippines (except East Visayas, Palawan group and Sulu Arch.)

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Rufescent Imperial Pigeon (Ducula chalconota) Range: AU: New Guinea

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Timor Imperial Pigeon (Ducula cineracea) Near Threatened Range: AU: Timor and Wetar (e Lesser Sundas)

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Elegant Imperial Pigeon (Ducula concinna) Range: AU: islets of Wallacea: Sangihe and Talaud is. (n of ne Sulawesi), Flores Sea is. s of Sulawesi, Lesser Sundas e from Romang (e of Timor), Banda, Manuk, Kai and Tanimbar is. (s Moluccas), Aru Is. (sw of New Guinea) and islets off Bomberai Pen., Bird's Neck (n

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Malabar Imperial Pigeon (Ducula cuprea) Range: OR: sw India

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Finsch's Imperial Pigeon (Ducula finschii) Near Threatened Range: AU: Lavongai (=New Hanover), New Ireland, Umboi (w of New Britain) and New Britain (e Bismarck Arch.)


White-bellied Imperial Pigeon (Ducula forsteni) Range: AU: montane Sulawesi, Togian Is. (between ne and ec Sulawesi), Banggai and Sula is. (e of Sulawesi) Miami Zoo, Miami, Florida, USA
Photograph by Tom Friedel © All Rights Reserved.

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Marquesan Imperial Pigeon (Ducula galeata) Endangered Range: PO: Nuku Hiva (c Marquesas Is., ne Polynesia)

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Geelvink Imperial Pigeon (Ducula geelvinkiana) Range: AU: Numfor, Meos Num and Biak (Geelvink Bay is., nw New Guinea)

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Goliath Imperial Pigeon (Ducula goliath) Near Threatened Range: AU: Grande Terre and Ile des Pins (New Caledonia)

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Dark-backed Imperial Pigeon (Ducula lacernulata) Range: OR, AU: montane Java, Bali and Lombok to Flores (w, c Lesser Sundas)

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Barking Imperial Pigeon (Ducula latrans) Range: PO: Fiji (sw Polynesia)

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Silver-tipped Imperial Pigeon (Ducula luctuosa) Range: AU: Sulawesi and satellites, Banggai and Sula is. (e of Sulawesi)

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Black Imperial Pigeon (Ducula melanochroa) Range: AU: montane New Ireland, New Britain and satellites (e Bismarck Arch.)

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Mindoro Imperial Pigeon (Ducula mindorensis) Endangered Range: OR: montane Mindoro (Philippines)


Collared Imperial Pigeon (Ducula mullerii) Range: AU: Aru Is. (sw of New Guinea), wc, n, sc, se New Guinea and Boigu and Saibai (n Torres Strait is., far ne Australia) Miami Zoo, Miami, Florida, USA
Photograph by Tom Friedel © All Rights Reserved.


Spice Imperial Pigeon (Ducula myristicivora) Range: AU: Widi Is. (e of se Halmahera, n Moluccas; 1 old record), Gebe (nw of New Guinea) and Raja Ampat Is. (nw of New Guinea) Waigeo, West Papua, Indonesia
Photograph by Nigel Voaden © All Rights Reserved.


Seram Imperial Pigeon (Ducula neglecta) Range: AU: Seram, Boano (nw of Seram), Ambon and Saparua (s of w Seram; ec Moluccas) Boano Island, Central Moluccas, Indonesia
Photograph by David Cook Copyright and usage info This file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial 3.0 Unported. In short: you are free to share and make derivative works of the file for non-commercial purposes under the conditions that you appropriately attribute it, and that you distribute it only under a license identical to this one.

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Nicobar Imperial Pigeon (Ducula nicobarica) Near Threatened Range: OR: Nicobar Is.

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Micronesian Imperial Pigeon (Ducula oceanica) Vulnerable Range: PO: Palau, Yap (where perhaps introduced) and Chuuk, Pohnpei and Kosrae (Caroline Is., w, c Micronesia) and Marshall Is. (e Micronesia, where probably extinct)

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Enggano Imperial Pigeon (Ducula oenothorax) Near Threatened Range: OR: Enggano (w of s Sumatra)

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Pacific Imperial Pigeon (Ducula pacifica) Range: PO: islands n and se of New Guinea, Bismarck Arch. to Cook Is.

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Spectacled Imperial Pigeon (Ducula perspicillata) Range: AU: Morotai to Obi (n Moluccas), Buru (wc Moluccas) and Kofiau (Raja Ampat Is., nw of New Guinea)


Grey Imperial Pigeon (Ducula pickeringii) Vulnerable Range: OR: islets off ne Borneo, Talaud Is. (ne of ne Sulawesi), Miangas (far n Indonesia, se of Mindanao) and Sulu Sea islets (far s Philippines) San Diego Zoo, California, USA
Photograph by Vic Murayama Copyright and usage info Copyright © 2005-2014 Vic Murayama. All Rights Reserved. These images are protected by copyright and may not be reproduced or transmitted by any means without the permission of the owner.


Pinon's Imperial Pigeon (Ducula pinon pinon) Range: AU: New Guinea and satellites Nimbokrang, West Papua, Indonesia
Photograph by Nigel Voaden © All Rights Reserved.


Island Imperial Pigeon (Ducula pistrinaria vanwyckii) Range: AU: islands n, e of New Guinea to Bismarck Arch. and Solomon Is. Kimbe Bay, New Britain, Papua New Guinea
Photograph by Nik Borrow Copyright and usage info This file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported. In short: you are free to share the file for non-commercial purposes under the conditions that you appropriately attribute it, and that you distribute it only under a license identical to this one. If you remix, transform, or build upon the material, you may not distribute the modified material.

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Pink-bellied Imperial Pigeon (Ducula poliocephala) Near Threatened Range: OR: Philippines (except Palawan group)

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Grey-headed Imperial Pigeon (Ducula radiata) Range: AU: montane Sulawesi

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Pink-headed Imperial Pigeon (Ducula rosacea) Near Threatened Range: AU: Java Sea is. from Seribu to Karamian (=Arends) and Masalembu, Kangean Is. (n of Bali), Flores Sea is. s of Sulawesi, Satonda (n of e Sumba) to Babar (Lesser Sundas), scattered islets in n Moluccas and Tayandu, Kai and Tanimbar is. (s Moluccas)


Red-knobbed Imperial Pigeon (Ducula rubricera) Range: AU: Bismarck Arch. and Solomon Is. Miami Zoo, Miami, Florida, USA
Photograph by Tom Friedel © All Rights Reserved.


Purple-tailed Imperial Pigeon (Ducula rufigaster) Range: AU: Raja Ampat Is. (nw of New Guinea), Yapen (Geelvink Bay is., nw New Guinea) and New Guinea San Diego Zoo, California, USA
Photograph by Vic Murayama Copyright and usage info Copyright © 2005-2014 Vic Murayama. All Rights Reserved. These images are protected by copyright and may not be reproduced or transmitted by any means without the permission of the owner.


Torresian Imperial Pigeon (Ducula spilorrhoa) Range: AU: nw, ne, s, se New Guinea and satellites, and Torres Strait is., coastal ne WA to ec QLD (n Australia) Northern Territory, Australia
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Yellowish Imperial Pigeon (Ducula subflavescens) Near Threatened Range: AU: Admiralty Is., Lavongai (=New Hanover), New Ireland and New Britain and satellites (Bismarck Arch.) Walindi, New Britain, Papua New Guinea
Photograph by Nik Borrow Copyright and usage info This file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported. In short: you are free to share the file for non-commercial purposes under the conditions that you appropriately attribute it, and that you distribute it only under a license identical to this one. If you remix, transform, or build upon the material, you may not distribute the modified material.

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Christmas Imperial Pigeon (Ducula whartoni) Range: OR: Christmas I. (s of w Java)


Zoe's Imperial Pigeon (Ducula zoeae) Range: AU: New Guinea and satellites private zoo, Florida,
Photograph by Tom Friedel © All Rights Reserved.

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