White Imperial-Pigeon (Ducula luctuosa)

Other Names (World)
White Imperial-Pigeon, Sulawesi Pied Imperial-pigeon, Celebes Pied Imperial-pigeon, Silver-tipped Imperial-pigeon, Nutmeg Pigeon, White Fruit-pigeon, Silver-tipped Imperial Pigeon

Family
Columbidae (Pigeons, Doves)

Size
35 - 40 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Temminck, 1825)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical lowland moist forest, mangroves, heavily degraded former forest. From sea-level - 475 m.

Range (Guide)

Indonesia.

Sulawesi and islands off north-eastern (Manadotua, Manterawu, Talisei, Bangka, Lembeh) and south-eastern (Muna, Labuan Blanda, Butung) to Banggai and Sula Is.

Rarity Status
Currently this species is not classified as a rarity in this country OR information has not been updated.

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (3)...)

Silver-tipped Imperial Pigeon (Ducula luctuosa) [XC414763]
by Marc Anderson from Sulawesi: Tangkoko lowlands, Indonesia (song)

Silver-tipped Imperial Pigeon (Ducula luctuosa) [XC610575]
by Marc Anderson from Sulawesi: Tangkoko lowlands, Indonesia (song)

Subspecies
Pied Imperial-Pigeon (Ducula bicolor), White Imperial-Pigeon (Ducula luctuosa) (Sibley and Monroe 1990, 1993) and Yellowish Imperial-Pigeon (Ducula subflavescens) (Sibley and Monroe 1993) are retained as separate species. Ducula spilorrhoa and Ducula constans (Sibley and Monroe 1993) are lumped into Torresian Imperial-Pigeon (Ducula spilorrhoa), because Christidis and Boles (1994) do not recognize Kimberley Imperial-Pigeon (Ducula constans) (an Australian endemic) as a separate species, including it with spilorrhoa, subflavescens and luctuosa as a subspecies of bicolor.

Forms a distinctive superspecies with Torresian Imperial-Pigeon (Ducula spilorrhoa) and Pied Imperial-Pigeon (Ducula bicolor). All three species have at times been considered conspecific. Other authors recognize up to five species. Further study is required. Range apparently overlaps with that of Pied Imperial-Pigeon (Ducula bicolor) in northern and central Sulawesi (e.g. Gorontalo, Bumbulan), where the two are segregated by habitat preferences.

No subspecies.

References
See References.

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