Chestnut-bellied Imperial-Pigeon
Ducula brenchleyi
A large dark pigeon with a deep chestnut belly and undertail. Entirely dark above with a contrasting paler head. Chestnut underwing separates this species from any other similar pigeon. Rare. Prefers very mature undisturbed hill forest. Most common call is a deep, drawn-out “whu-ooooow.”
Taxonomy
- Scientific name
- Ducula brenchleyi
- Authority
- (Gray, GR, 1870)
- Order
- Columbiformes
- Family
- Columbidae
- Genus
- Ducula
Range and habitat
- Migration
- Nomadic movement
Conservation
- Population trend
- declining
Photos
Distribution
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