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BIRD FACTS |
Description
The Pied Imperial-Pigeon is a white pigeon with black outer wings and top of tail. It has and black bars on the underside of its tail. The eye is black and bill is yellow.
Other Names
Torresian Imperial Pigeon, Torres Strait Pigeon, White Nutmeg-Pigeon, Nutmeg Pigeon, Australian Pied Imperial-Pigeon
Size
40 cm
Habitat
rainforest, woodland, mangroves.
Food
fruit
Breeding
The nest is a platform of twigs built in a tree. It nests in colonies in mangroves or forest, usually on islands.
Range
The Pied Imperial-Pigeon is found in Asia including the Philippines and New Guinea. It is found in northern Australia in north eastern Western Australia, the Top End of the Northern Territory, Cape York Peninsula, Torres Strait islands and along the north east Queensland coast
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: | bicolor | | Common Name: | Pied Imperial-Pigeon |
Relatives in same Genus
Elegant Imperial-Pigeon (D. concinna)
Collared Imperial-Pigeon (D. mullerii)
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