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[HBW - BirdLife (v3)]
15/05/2024 02:48:59 PM
Species Details [Taxonomy: HBW - BirdLife (v3)]
LC
Mountain Imperial-Pigeon*
Id (Atlas):
Ducula badia
Description (10 )
Other Names (World)
Mountain Imperial-Pigeon, Hodgson's Imperial-pigeon, Jerdon's Imperial-pigeon, Bronze-backed Imperial-pigeon, Grey-headed Imperial-pigeon(!), Gray-headed Imperial-pigeon(!), Band-tailed Imperial-pigeon, Mountain Imperial Pigeon
Family
Columbidae (Pigeons, Doves)
Size
46 cm
First Described (Guide )
(Raffles, 1822)
Habitat
Subtropical and tropical lowland moist forest, mangroves. Also, subtropical and tropical montane moist forest. From sea-level - 2,300 m.
Bhutan (B), Brunei Darussalam (B), Cambodia (B), China (mainland) (B), India (B), Indonesia (B), Laos (B), Malaysia (B), Myanmar (B), Nepal (B), Thailand (B), Vietnam (B).
Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).
Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet .
Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (46)... )
Listen to XC80012
Mountain Imperial Pigeon (Ducula badia ) [XC80012 ]
by Tero Linjama from Eaglenest Wildlife Sanctuary, Arunachal Pradesh, India (song)
Listen to XC39365
Mountain Imperial Pigeon (Ducula badia ) [XC39365 ]
by John van der Woude from Bukit Fraser, border of Pahang and Selangor, Malaysia (song)
Subspecies
Probably forms a superspecies with Dark-backed Imperial-Pigeon (Ducula lacernulata ) and Timor Imperial-Pigeon (Ducula cineracea ), although ranges of Mountain Imperial-Pigeon (Ducula badia ) and Dark-backed Imperial-Pigeon (Ducula lacernulata ) overlap in western Java.
The following 4 subspecies are recognised:
cuprea (Jerdon, 1840) - Western Ghats (south-western India) from Goa and north-western Karnataka south to Kerala. Considered by some authors to be a distinct species, Nilgiri Imperial-Pigeon (Ducula cuprea ).
insignis Hodgson, 1836 - Western Nepal, Sikkim and Bhutan east to Khasia Hills and R Brahmaputra.
griseicapilla Walden, 1875 - Myanmar (to northern Tennasserim) and Thailand east to south-central China (south-western Yunnan, Hainan), and south to Laos, Vietnam and Cambodia.
badia (Raffles, 1822) - Southern Tenasserim and Mergui Archipelago south through Malay Peninsula to Sumatra, Borneo and western Java.
References
See References .
Files:
BirdLife International
For more information about the Mountain Imperial-Pigeon see... BirdLife International Species Factsheet .
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