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  Elegant Imperial-Pigeon (Ducula concinna)





Elegant Imperial-Pigeon | Ducula concinna photo
Elegant Imperial Pigeon (Ducula concinna concinna) in the Walsrode Bird Park, Germany

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BIRD FACTS

Description
The Elegant Imperial-Pigeon is a large grey pigeon with green back and blue wing tips and tail. The underside is reddish brown near of base of tail. It is a rare vagrant to Australia having been seen in Top End of the Northern Territory.

Other Names
Blue-tailed Imperial-Pigeon

Size
45 cm

Habitat
rainforest

Food
fruit

Breeding
The nest is a platform of twigs built in a tree.

Range
The Elegant Imperial is found in islands off western New Guinea and the Aru Island. It is a rare vagrant to Australia having been seen in Top End of the Northern Territory.

distribution map showing range of Ducula concinna in Australia

Credits:
Map is from Atlas of Living Australia website at https://biocache.ala.org.au licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.



Classification
Class:Aves
Order:Columbiformes
Family:Columbidae
Genus:Ducula
Species:concinna
Common Name:Elegant Imperial-Pigeon

Relatives in same Genus
  Pied Imperial-Pigeon (D. bicolor)
  Collared Imperial-Pigeon (D. mullerii)