Yellowish imperial pigeon
Yellowish imperial pigeon | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Columbiformes |
Family: | Columbidae |
Genus: | Ducula |
Species: | D. subflavescens |
Binomial name | |
Ducula subflavescens (Finsch, 1886) |
The yellowish imperial pigeon (Ducula subflavescens), also known as the yellow-tinted imperial pigeon or Bismarck imperial pigeon (leading to easy confusion with D. melanochroa), is a relatively large species of bird in the family Columbidae. It is endemic to forest and woodland in the Bismarck Archipelago. It is threatened by habitat loss.
It is often considered a subspecies of the Torresian imperial pigeon (which in turn sometimes is considered a subspecies of the pied imperial pigeon), but is increasingly treated as a separate species. It resembles the Torresian imperial pigeon, but has a distinctly yellow-tinged plumage and a bluish base to the bill.
References
[edit]- ^ BirdLife International (2016). "Ducula subflavescens". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22691828A93325548. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22691828A93325548.en. Retrieved 13 November 2021.