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Silver-tipped Imperial Pigeon
Ducula luctuosa (Temminck, 1824)
Columbidae — Pigeons, Doves
Silver-tipped Imperial Pigeon, Ducula luctuosa, is a pigeon of forest, woodland and mangrove in Sulawesi and the smaller islands nearby, including the Banggai and Sula islands east of Sulawesi. It is part of the Columbidae family and is found only in this part of Australasia. It can be recognised by its yellowish bill tip, black spotting close to the vent and silvery-grey flight feathers. It has also been treated at times as a form of the pied imperial pigeon.
- Order
- Columbiformes
- Family
- Columbidae — Pigeons, Doves
- Breeding range
- Australasia: Sulawesi and satellites, Banggai and Sula is. (e of Sulawesi)
