Silver-tipped Imperial Pigeon

Silver-tipped Imperial Pigeon
Silver-tipped Imperial Pigeon
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Columbiformes
Family: Columbidae
Genus: Ducula
Species: D. luctuosa
Binomial name
Ducula luctuosa
(Temminck, 1825)

The Silver-tipped Imperial Pigeon (Ducula luctuosa), also known as the White-tipped Imperial-pigeon, is a relatively large species of bird in the Columbidae family. It is endemic to forest, woodland and mangrove on Sulawesi and smaller nearby islands. It has sometimes been considered a subspecies of the Pied Imperial Pigeon, but has a yellowish tip to the bill, black spotting near the vent, and silvery-grey remiges.

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