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Black Imperial Pigeon
Ducula melanochroa (Sclater, PL, 1878)
Columbidae — Pigeons, Doves
Black Imperial Pigeon, Ducula melanochroa, is a pigeon in the family Columbidae within the order Columbiformes. It occurs in Australasia, where it breeds in montane New Ireland, New Britain and the satellites of the eastern Bismarck Archipelago. It was described by P. L. Sclater in 1878.
- Order
- Columbiformes
- Family
- Columbidae — Pigeons, Doves
- Breeding range
- Australasia: montane New Ireland, New Britain and satellites (e Bismarck Arch.)
