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Grey Imperial Pigeon
Ducula pickeringii (Cassin, 1855)
Columbidae — Pigeons, Doves
Grey Imperial Pigeon, Ducula pickeringii, is a pigeon of the Oriental Region, breeding on islets off north-east Borneo, the Talaud Islands, Miangas and islets in the Sulu Sea. It is tied to small islands and uses tropical moist lowland forest, plantations, primary and secondary forest, and tree-filled cultivated areas. It is also recorded from the Sulu Archipelago. The bird is known from a few subspecies, with one form paler and another showing a clearer white eye-ring. Its main threat is habitat loss.
- Order
- Columbiformes
- Family
- Columbidae — Pigeons, Doves
- Breeding range
- Oriental Region: islets off ne Borneo, Talaud Is. (ne of ne Sulawesi), Miangas (far n Indonesia, se of Mindanao) and Sulu Sea islets (far s Philippines)
