Mindoro Imperial-pigeon

Mindoro Imperial-pigeon

Taxobox
name = Mindoro Imperial-pigeon


status = EN
status_system = iucn3.1
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Aves
ordo = Columbiformes
familia = Columbidae
genus = "Ducula"
species = "D. mindorensis"
binomial = "Ducula mindorensis"
binomial_authority = (Whitehead, 1896)
synonyms =

The Mindoro Imperial-pigeon ("Ducula mindorensis") is a bird species in the family Columbidae. It is endemic to the Philippines.

Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests. It is threatened by habitat loss.

It was formerly classified as a Vulnerable species by the IUCN [BLI (2004)] . But new research has shown it to be rarer than it was believed. Consequently, it is uplisted to Endangered status in 2008 [BLI (2008)] .

Footnotes

References

*|year=2004|id=6889|title=Ducula mindorensis|downloaded=24 July 2007
* (2008): [http://www.birdlife.org/action/science/species/global_species_programme/whats_new.html [2008 IUCN Redlist status changes] . Retrieved 2008-MAY-23.

External links

* [http://www.birdlife.org/datazone/species/index.html?action=SpcHTMDetails.asp&sid=2712&m=0 BirdLife Species Factsheet.]


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