Biology:Malabar imperial pigeon

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Short description: Species of bird

Malabar imperial pigeon
Mountain Imperial Pigeon.jpg
In Kalakkad Mundanthurai Tiger Reserve, Tamil Nadu, India
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Columbiformes
Family: Columbidae
Genus: Ducula
Species:
D. cuprea
Binomial name
Ducula cuprea
(Jerdon, 1840)

The Malabar imperial pigeon or Nilgiri imperial pigeon (Ducula cuprea) is a species of bird in the family Columbidae. It is endemic to the Western Ghats of India .[1]

Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests. It previously was considered a subspecies of the mountain imperial pigeon.

References

Wikidata ☰ Q31873446 entry