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Island Imperial Pigeon
Ducula pistrinaria Bonaparte, 1855
Columbidae — Pigeons, Doves
Island Imperial Pigeon, Ducula pistrinaria, is a pigeon of the islands north and east of New Guinea, extending through the Bismarck Archipelago and the Solomon Islands. It was described by Bonaparte in 1855 and belongs to the Columbidae. Its breeding range is in Australasia across those island groups. It is associated with coastal primary forest, older secondary forest, mangroves and some disturbed places. The species is also known as the floury imperial pigeon.
- Order
- Columbiformes
- Family
- Columbidae — Pigeons, Doves
- Breeding range
- Australasia: islands n, e of New Guinea to Bismarck Arch. and Solomon Is.
