Green Imperial-Pigeon (Ducula aenea)

Other Names (World)
Green Imperial-Pigeon, Chestnut-naped Imperial-pigeon (paulina), Enggano Imperial-pigeon (oenothorax), Green Imperial Pigeon

Family
Columbidae (Pigeons, Doves)

Size
42 - 47 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Linnaeus, 1766)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical lowland dry shrubland, lowland moist forest, mangroves. From sea-level - 1,000 m.

Range (Guide)

Bangladesh, Bhutan, Brunei Darussalam (B), Cambodia (B), China (mainland) (B), India (B), Indonesia (B), Laos (B), Malaysia (B), Myanmar (B), Philippines (B), Singapore (E), Sri Lanka (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 (101)...)

Green Imperial Pigeon (Ducula aenea) [XC722907]
by Louis A. Hansen from Manipur NP (aka Mt Harriet) - along road to summit, India (song)

Green Imperial Pigeon (Ducula aenea) [XC239405]
by Peter Boesman from Sabang, Palawan, Philippines (call)

Subspecies
Forms a species-group with Spectacled Imperial-Pigeon (Ducula perspicillata) and Blue-tailed Imperial-Pigeon (Ducula concinna). Subspecies oenothorax and paulina sometimes considered two separate species. Racial variation not altogether clear. Proposed subspecies andamanica (Andaman Is) included in sylvatica; polia (Lesser Sundas) included in nominate; intermedia (Talaud Is), pallidinucha (south-eastern Sulawesi and offshore islands), pulchella (Togian Is) and sulana (Banggai and Sula Is) included in paulina; chalybura is synonym of nominate. Further analysis is likely to reduce further still the number of subspecies accepted.

The following 16 subspecies are recognised:

sylvatica (Tickell, 1833) - Northern India through Nepal to southern Myanmar (central Tenasserim) and Andaman Is, northern Thailand, Laos, Vietnam and Cambodia.
pusilla (Blyth, 1849) - Southern India and Sri Lanka.
nicobarica (Pelzeln, 1865) - Nicobar Is. Considered by some authors to be a distinct species, Nicobar Imperial Pigeon (Ducula nicobarica).
mista (Oberholser, 1912) - Simeulue (off north-western Sumatra).
babiensis (Richmond, 1912) - Tapah Is of Babi and Lasia (off southern Simeulue).
consobrina (Salvadori, 1887) - Nias (off central-western Sumatra).
vicina (Riley, 1927) - Batu Is and Mentawai Is (off central-western Sumatra).
oenothorax (Salvadori, 1892) - Enggano (off south-western Sumatra). Considered by some authors to be a distinct species, Enggano Imperial-Pigeon (Ducula oenothorax).
aenea (Linnaeus, 1766) - Malay Peninsula from Tenasserim and southern Thailand through Sumatra (including Riau Archipelago, Bangka), Borneo (including Anambas, Natuna, Tambelan Is) and Philippines (all main islands except Palawan) to Java and Lesser Sundas (Lombok, Sumbawa, Sumba, Flores, Pantar, Alor).
palawanensis (Blasius, W, 1888) - Banggi (off north-eastern Borneo) through Balabac, Palawan and Dumaran to Linapacan, Culion, Calauit and Busuanga (western Philippines).
fugaensis (Hachisuka, 1930) - Northern Philippines (Calayan, Camiguin Norte and Fuga).
nuchalis (Cabanis, 1882) - Northern Luzon (northern Philippines).
paulina Bonaparte, 1854 - Talaud and Sangihe Is to Sulawesi (and associated islands) and Togian, Banggai and Sula Is.
andamanica Abdulali, 1964 - Andaman Is.
polia (Oberholser, 1917) - Malay Pen. to Greater and Lesser Sundas.
intermedia (Meyer, AB & Wiglesworth, 1894) - Talaud and Sangihe Is.

References
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Files:

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