Black Imperial Pigeon

Black Imperial Pigeon
Black Imperial Pigeon
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Columbiformes
Family: Columbidae
Genus: Ducula
Species: D. melanochroa
Binomial name
Ducula melanochroa
(Sclater, 1878)

The Black Imperial Pigeon (Ducula melanochroa), also known as the Bismarck Imperial Pigeon, is a species of bird in the Columbidae family. It is endemic to the Bismarck Archipelago where it lives in forests.

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