Pink-headed Imperial-Pigeon (Ducula rosacea)

Other Names (World)
Pink-headed Imperial-Pigeon, Island Imperial-pigeon(!), Pink-headed Imperial Pigeon

Family
Columbidae (Pigeons, Doves)

Size
39 - 44 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Temminck, 1835)

Habitat
Forest, scrub and farmland. From sea-level - 930 m.

Range (Guide)

Indonesia (B) (NB), Timor-Leste (B) (NB).

Islands in Java Sea (Seribu Is, Karimunjawa, Bawean, Maselembu Besar, Arends), Bali Sea (Kangean) and Flores Sea (Tukangbesi, Salayar, Tanahjampea, Kalao, Kalaotoa), locally north to Moluccas (Loloda Is, north-western Halmahera, Bacan, Tayandu, Kai Is), and through most of Lesser Sundas (Satonda, Flores, Besar, Pantar, Alor, Semau, Timor, Wetar, Kisar, Romang, Leti, Moa, Luang, Sermata, Damar, Babar, Tanimbar).

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010) and decreasing.

Status NT
Habitat destruction and degradation through conversion to agriculture, logging, mining and road construction, are the main threats.

For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (13)...)

Pink-headed Imperial Pigeon (Ducula rosacea) [XC156497]
by Frank Lambert from Wetar, near Naumatong Village, Maluku, Indonesia (call)

Pink-headed Imperial Pigeon (Ducula rosacea) [XC156514]
by Mike Nelson from Wetar, east of Naumatong Village, Lesser Sundas, Indonesia (call)

Subspecies
Closely related to Christmas Imperial-Pigeon (Ducula whartoni), which is sometimes considered a subspecies of present species. These form a superspecies with Island Imperial-Pigeon (Ducula pistrinaria) and Grey Imperial-Pigeon (Ducula pickeringii). Birds of Java Sea sometimes awarded subspecies zamydra, but supposed characters (especially brighter iridescence on upperparts) found in other populations.

No subspecies.

References
See References.

Files:

JPG files for Pink-headed Imperial-Pigeon (Ducula rosacea) - 10 files

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