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Green Imperial Pigeon
Ducula aenea (Linnaeus, 1766)
Columbidae — Pigeons, Doves
Green Imperial Pigeon, Ducula aenea, is a forest pigeon of the Oriental Region, breeding widely from Nepal and India through southern China and Indonesia to the Philippines. It is a resident bird in tropical southern Asia and lives in wooded country. This is a large, plump pigeon with metallic green back, wings and tail, white head and underparts, and maroon undertail coverts. The sexes look alike. Its deep, resonant call is often the first sign of its presence high in the trees. It feeds in the canopy, nests in a tree, and lays a single white egg.
- Order
- Columbiformes
- Family
- Columbidae — Pigeons, Doves
- Breeding range
- Oriental Region: widespread
