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Zoe's Imperial Pigeon
Ducula zoeae (Desmarest, 1826)
Columbidae — Pigeons, Doves
Zoe's Imperial Pigeon, Ducula zoeae, is a pigeon of New Guinea and its satellites in Australasia. It belongs to the Columbidae family and is part of the Columbiformes order. The bird is associated with moist lowland forest, mangrove forest and moist montane forest in tropical and subtropical settings. Its name honours Zoë Lesson, the wife of the French ornithologist René-Primevère Lesson. It was described by Desmarest in 1826.
- Order
- Columbiformes
- Family
- Columbidae — Pigeons, Doves
- Breeding range
- Australasia: New Guinea and satellites
