Pied Imperial Pigeon
Ducula bicolor (Scopoli, 1786)
Columbidae — Pigeons, Doves
Pied Imperial Pigeon, Ducula bicolor, is a pigeon of the Oriental Region, breeding on the Andaman Islands, in south-east Asia, the Philippines, the Indonesian Archipelago, Raja Ampat Islands north-west of New Guinea, and along the coasts of the Bird’s Head and Neck in north-west New Guinea. It is mainly associated with small islands and coastal areas, and also occurs in forest, woodland, mangroves, plantations and scrub. The nominate form is marked by plain white thighs and undertail coverts, usually with a dark tip, together with a narrow dark edge to a bluish bill.
- Order
- Columbiformes
- Family
- Columbidae — Pigeons, Doves
- Breeding range
- Oriental Region: Andaman Is., se Asia, Philippines, Indonesian Arch., Raja Ampat Is. (nw of New Guinea) and coasts of Bird's Head and Neck (nw New Guinea)
