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Imperial pigeon

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(Zool.) any one of the large Asiatic fruit pigeons of the genus Carpophada.

See also: Pigeon



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Curious Blue and Gold Macaws peaked down at me from their high perches and a large Pied Imperial Pigeon, indigenous to the Indian Ocean and Australia, was just starting to feed and slowly walked around the ground, picking up kernels.
Another 23 birds had lost over 10% of habitat, including the yellowish imperial pigeon, whose population may have fallen by nearly a third.
The following species need confirmation: the predominantly montane Mountain Imperial Pigeon Ducula badia, (BS), the feral Zebra Dove Geopelia striata (BS), Jambu Fruit Dove Ptilinopus jambu (BS) and globally near-threatened Large Green Pigeon Treron capellei (Giesen 1987; BS).
 
 
 
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