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BIRD FACTS |
Description
The Elegant Imperial-Pigeon is a large grey pigeon with green back and blue wing tips and tail. The underside is reddish brown near of base of tail. It is a rare vagrant to Australia having been seen in Top End of the Northern Territory.
Other Names
Blue-tailed Imperial-Pigeon
Size
45 cm
Habitat
rainforest
Food
fruit
Breeding
The nest is a platform of twigs built in a tree.
Range
The Elegant Imperial is found in islands off western New Guinea and the Aru Island. It is a rare vagrant to Australia having been seen in Top End of the Northern Territory.
Credits:
Map is from Atlas of Living Australia website at https://biocache.ala.org.au licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.
Classification
| Class: | Aves | | Order: | Columbiformes | | Family: | Columbidae | | Genus: | Ducula | | Species: | concinna | | Common Name: | Elegant Imperial-Pigeon |
Relatives in same Genus
Pied Imperial-Pigeon (D. bicolor)
Collared Imperial-Pigeon (D. mullerii)
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