Genus Ducula

Green Imperial Pigeon - This is a forest species; it builds a stick nest in a tree and lays a single white egg. Its flight is fast and direct, with the regular beats and an occasional sharp flick of the wings which are characteristic of pigeons in general.

 

Baker's Imperial-Pigeon - Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montanes. It is threatened by habitat loss.

 

Moluccan Rufous-bellied Fruit Pigeon - Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.

Pied Imperial Pigeon - Its taxonomy is confusing and remains unsettled. It has sometimes included the Torresian, Yellowish and White Imperial-pigeons as subspecies.

 

Chestnut-bellied Imperial-Pigeon - Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montanes. It is threatened by habitat loss.

 

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

 

Ducula concinna - Small islands in Wallacea and off western New Guinea, as well as the Aru Islands. It has been recorded as a vagrant at Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia.

 

Finsch's Imperial-Pigeon - Formerly classified as a Species of Least Concern by the IUCN.

 

White-bellied Imperial-Pigeon - Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montanes.

 

Marquesan Imperial-Pigeon - Formerly classified by the IUCN as a critically endangered species with an estimated population of less than 150 adult birds.

 

New Caledonian Imperial-Pigeon - Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montanes.

 

Dark-backed Imperial Pigeon - Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montanes.

 

Peale's Imperial-Pigeon - Its natural habitats are mature tropical moist lowland forests and tropical moist montane forest. The species is one of two imperial-pigeons found in Fiji, the other, the Pacific Imperial-pigeon, is found on smaller islands.

 

Sulawesi Pied Imperial Pigeon - The White Imperial-pigeon , 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.

 

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

 

Collared Imperial-Pigeon - The Collared Imperial-pigeon, , is a large pigeon with grey upperparts and largely grey-pink underparts, distinguished by a striking and diagnostic complete black collar against an otherwise white throat.

 

Spice Imperial-Pigeon - Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical mangrove forests.

 

Micronesian Imperial-Pigeon - Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical or tropical mangrove forests, and subtropical or tropical moist montanes. It is threatened by habitat loss.

 

Pacific Imperial-Pigeon - While the species has suffered from habitat loss and hunting pressure, and has declined locally in some areas, it remains common over much of its range, and is listed as least concern by the IUCN. The species is most vulnerable in smaller islands. The Pacific Imperial-pigeon was hunted in prehistoric times in Tonga and Samoa with elaborate traps on stone platforms, and these hunts were of considerable cultural significance.

 

White-eyed Imperial-Pigeon - Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical mangrove forests.

 

Pinon Imperial Pigeon - Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.

 

Island Imperial-Pigeon - Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.

 

Pink-bellied Imperial-Pigeon - According to the IUCN Red List and BirdLife International's Red Book, the Pink-bellied Imperial Pigeon is a "near threatened" species as of 2000. This is due to the loss of habitat and exploitation by humans.

 

Grey-headed Imperial-Pigeon - It is endemic to Indonesia. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.

 

Pink-headed Imperial Pigeon - The Pink-headed Imperial-pigeon is a species of bird in the Columbidae family. It is found in Indonesia and Timor-Leste. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical or tropical mangrove forests, and subtropical or tropical moist shrubland. It is threatened by habitat loss.

 

Red-knobbed Imperial-Pigeon - Formerly classified as a Species of Least Concern by the IUCN.

 

Purple-tailed Imperial-Pigeon - Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.

 

Australian Pied Imperial Pigeon - The Torresian Imperial-pigeon is a large plump pigeon, 38-44 centimetres in length, The head can be brown, soiled by eating fruit.

 

Yellow-tinted Imperial-Pigeon - It is often considered a subspecies of the Torresian Imperial-pigeon , but is increasingly treated as a separate species. It resembles the Torresian Imperial-pigeon, but has a distinctly yellow-tinged plumage and a bluish base to the bill.

 

Christmas Island Imperial-Pigeon - The species is endemic to Christmas Island in the eastern Indian Ocean. It inhabits rainforest and secondary growth with fruiting trees.

Order : Columbiformes
Family : Columbidae
Genus : Ducula