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Malabar imperial pigeon
In Kalakkad Mundanthurai Tiger Reserve, Tamil Nadu, India
Conservation status

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Columbiformes
Family: Columbidae
Genus: Ducula
Species: D. cuprea
Binomial name
Ducula cuprea
(Jerdon, 1840)

The Malabar imperial pigeon or Nilgiri imperial pigeon (Ducula cuprea) is a species of bird in the family Columbidae. It is endemic to the Western Ghats of India.

Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests. It previously was considered a subspecies of the mountain imperial pigeon, but was split due to differences in morphology and plumage. This split was later supported by an analysis of its calls.

References

  1. BirdLife International (2021). "Ducula cuprea". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2021. Retrieved 18 July 2021.
  2. "Malabar Imperial-Pigeon - eBird". ebird.org. Retrieved 11 February 2023.
  3. Niranjana, C; Praveen, J (2021). "Vocalisation of Mountain Imperial Pigeon Ducula badia and its taxonomic implications" (PDF). Indian Birds. 17 (3): 70–72. Retrieved 20 September 2024.
Taxon identifiers
Ducula cuprea


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