The Zoochat Photographic Guide To Mesites, Pigeons And Sandgrouse
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Turturini
This lineage comprises four genera:
Chalcophaps - Emerald Doves (3 species)
Turtur - African Wood Doves (5 species)
Oena - Namaqua Dove (monotypic)
Phapitreron - Brown Dove (8 species)
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This lineage comprises four genera:
Chalcophaps - Emerald Doves (3 species)
Turtur - African Wood Doves (5 species)
Oena - Namaqua Dove (monotypic)
Phapitreron - Brown Dove (8 species)
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Very interesting thread, because many pigeons are both endangered and breed well in zoos. Many species will never be safe in the wild (endemic to very small islands, introduced predators and avian pox which cannot be extinguished, political unrests make protection impossible, almost all range is already turned to cultivation and housing) and might require an insurance population forever.
I summed up Endangered and Critically Endangered pigeons which could forever need an insurance population, their range and some explanations and remarks:
Blue-eyed Ground-dove (Columbina cyanopis) Status: Critically endangered - Brazil - Unexplained rarity suggests high habitat specialization
Blue-headed Quail-dove (Starnoenas cyanocephala) Status: Endangered - Cuba - Introduced cats, hunting
Cebu Brown-dove ( Phapitreron frontalis ) Status: Critically endangered - Philippines - Almost all forest has been cleared in its range.
Comoro Green-pigeon (Treron griveaudi) Status: Endangered - Comoros - Very small range
Grenada Dove (Leptotila wellsi) Status: Critically endangered - Grenada - Range just 70km2, mostly bluilt up.
Marquesas Ground-dove (Alopecoenas rubescens) Status: Endangered - French Polynesia - Introduced cats, population fluctuatins, dropping to below 250 individuals
Mindoro Imperial-pigeon (Ducula mindorensis) Status: Endangered - Philippines - Less than 120km2 of habitat remains, hunted
Negros Bleeding-heart (Gallicolumba keayi) Status: Critically endangered - Philippines - Already bred in captivity in Philippines
Nukuhiva Imperial-pigeon (Ducula galeata) Status: Endangered - French Polynesia - Restricted to two small islets, hunting, introduced rats
Palau Ground-dove (Alopecoenas canifrons) Status: Endangered - Palau - Small range already cleared for cultivation, introduced rats
Polynesian Ground-dove (Alopecoenas erythropterus) Status: Critically endangered - French Polynesia - Extremely small range (few predator free islets), introduced predators and avian pox. Already bred in captivity in the 2000s
Polynesian Imperial-pigeon (Ducula aurorae) Status: Endangered - French Polynesia - Restricted to one small islet
Raiatea Fruit-dove (Ptilinopus chrysogaster) Status: Endangered - French Polynesia - Small range, introduced birds of prey, rats and cats, hunting, introduced rats
Rapa Fruit-dove (Ptilinopus huttoni) Status: Critically endangered - French Polynesia - Range just 30km2, introduced species and habitat destruction.
Sulu Bleeding-heart (Gallicolumba menagei) Status: Critically endangered - Philippines - Probably lost case: not seen since 1970s and range inaccessible due to military insurgency. Related Bleeding-hearts breed very well in zoos.
Tooth-billed Pigeon (Didunculus strigirostris) Status: Critically endangered - Samoa - Introduced predators, unique monotypic genus;
White-fronted Quail-dove (Geotrygon leucometopia) Status: Endangered - Dominican Republic - habitat destruction, introduced predators.
Three species are currently present in Western zoos:
Socorro Dove ( Zenaida graysoni ) Status: Extinct in the wild - Mexico
Mindoro Bleeding-heart ( Gallicolumba platenae ) Status: Critically endangered - Philippines
Mariana Fruit-dove ( Ptilinopus roseicapilla ) Status: Endangered - Marianas - Bred in very small numbers
I summed up Endangered and Critically Endangered pigeons which could forever need an insurance population, their range and some explanations and remarks:
Blue-eyed Ground-dove (Columbina cyanopis) Status: Critically endangered - Brazil - Unexplained rarity suggests high habitat specialization
Blue-headed Quail-dove (Starnoenas cyanocephala) Status: Endangered - Cuba - Introduced cats, hunting
Cebu Brown-dove ( Phapitreron frontalis ) Status: Critically endangered - Philippines - Almost all forest has been cleared in its range.
Comoro Green-pigeon (Treron griveaudi) Status: Endangered - Comoros - Very small range
Grenada Dove (Leptotila wellsi) Status: Critically endangered - Grenada - Range just 70km2, mostly bluilt up.
Marquesas Ground-dove (Alopecoenas rubescens) Status: Endangered - French Polynesia - Introduced cats, population fluctuatins, dropping to below 250 individuals
Mindoro Imperial-pigeon (Ducula mindorensis) Status: Endangered - Philippines - Less than 120km2 of habitat remains, hunted
Negros Bleeding-heart (Gallicolumba keayi) Status: Critically endangered - Philippines - Already bred in captivity in Philippines
Nukuhiva Imperial-pigeon (Ducula galeata) Status: Endangered - French Polynesia - Restricted to two small islets, hunting, introduced rats
Palau Ground-dove (Alopecoenas canifrons) Status: Endangered - Palau - Small range already cleared for cultivation, introduced rats
Polynesian Ground-dove (Alopecoenas erythropterus) Status: Critically endangered - French Polynesia - Extremely small range (few predator free islets), introduced predators and avian pox. Already bred in captivity in the 2000s
Polynesian Imperial-pigeon (Ducula aurorae) Status: Endangered - French Polynesia - Restricted to one small islet
Raiatea Fruit-dove (Ptilinopus chrysogaster) Status: Endangered - French Polynesia - Small range, introduced birds of prey, rats and cats, hunting, introduced rats
Rapa Fruit-dove (Ptilinopus huttoni) Status: Critically endangered - French Polynesia - Range just 30km2, introduced species and habitat destruction.
Sulu Bleeding-heart (Gallicolumba menagei) Status: Critically endangered - Philippines - Probably lost case: not seen since 1970s and range inaccessible due to military insurgency. Related Bleeding-hearts breed very well in zoos.
Tooth-billed Pigeon (Didunculus strigirostris) Status: Critically endangered - Samoa - Introduced predators, unique monotypic genus;
White-fronted Quail-dove (Geotrygon leucometopia) Status: Endangered - Dominican Republic - habitat destruction, introduced predators.
Three species are currently present in Western zoos:
Socorro Dove ( Zenaida graysoni ) Status: Extinct in the wild - Mexico
Mindoro Bleeding-heart ( Gallicolumba platenae ) Status: Critically endangered - Philippines
Mariana Fruit-dove ( Ptilinopus roseicapilla ) Status: Endangered - Marianas - Bred in very small numbers
Chalcophaps
Grey-capped Emerald Dove (Chalcophaps indica)
The range of this species extends patchily across southern Asia, from southwest India and Sri Lanka in the west, through the Himalayan foothills of India, Bhutan and Myanmar into southern China and Taiwan in the east, and south through Indochina and the Malay Peninsula into the Greater and Lesser Sundas, Philippines and West Papuan Islands.
Six subspecies are currently recognised:
C. i. indica - photo by @Ornithorhynchus
C. i. robinsoni - photo by @Chlidonias
C. i. maxima
C. i. augusta
C. i. natalis - photo by @Hix
C. i. minima
Brown-capped Emerald Dove (Chalcophaps longirostris)
The range of this species extends patchily from the Lesser Sundas and Moluccas into the coastal areas of eastern New Guinea, south from here into northern and eastern Australia, and east into the Santa Cruz Islands, Banks Islands, Vanuatu and New Caledonia.
Four subspecies recognised:
C. l. timorensis
C. l. rogersi - photo by @Hix
C. l. longirostris
C. l. sandwichensis
Stephan's Dove (Chalcophaps stephani)
The range of this species extends from Sulawesi and the Sula Islands in the west, through the Aru Islands, West Papuan Islands and New Guinea, to the Solomon Islands in the east.
Three subspecies are recognised:
C. s. wallacei
C. s. stephani
C. s. mortoni
Photo by @Vision
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Grey-capped Emerald Dove (Chalcophaps indica)
The range of this species extends patchily across southern Asia, from southwest India and Sri Lanka in the west, through the Himalayan foothills of India, Bhutan and Myanmar into southern China and Taiwan in the east, and south through Indochina and the Malay Peninsula into the Greater and Lesser Sundas, Philippines and West Papuan Islands.
Six subspecies are currently recognised:
C. i. indica - photo by @Ornithorhynchus
C. i. robinsoni - photo by @Chlidonias
C. i. maxima
C. i. augusta
C. i. natalis - photo by @Hix
C. i. minima
Brown-capped Emerald Dove (Chalcophaps longirostris)
The range of this species extends patchily from the Lesser Sundas and Moluccas into the coastal areas of eastern New Guinea, south from here into northern and eastern Australia, and east into the Santa Cruz Islands, Banks Islands, Vanuatu and New Caledonia.
Four subspecies recognised:
C. l. timorensis
C. l. rogersi - photo by @Hix
C. l. longirostris
C. l. sandwichensis
Stephan's Dove (Chalcophaps stephani)
The range of this species extends from Sulawesi and the Sula Islands in the west, through the Aru Islands, West Papuan Islands and New Guinea, to the Solomon Islands in the east.
Three subspecies are recognised:
C. s. wallacei
C. s. stephani
C. s. mortoni
Photo by @Vision
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The archetypical example being the fact that the Passenger Pigeon bred ridiculously well in captivity
to the point that when Lord Stanley, the 13th Lord Derby died and his private collection was dispersed by auction, his stock of Passenger Pigeon comprised 70 birds - all captive bred at the collection. Moreover, there was so little interest in the species that I am given to understand he would occasionally release surplus birds he could not sell from their aviaries......I believe you are incorrect - certainly I have never heard any suggestion these are currently in Western zoos.
Turtur
Emerald-spotted Wood-dove (Turtur chalcospilos)
The range of this species extends through eastern Africa from southeast South Sudan in the north to southeast South Africa, barring the Horn of Africa, west from Zambia and Zimbabwe into northern Angola, and north from here to western Gabon.
Monotypic.
Photo by @Chlidonias
Black-billed Wood-dove (Turtur abyssinicus)
The range of this species extends throughout much of the southern Sahel, from southern Mauritania and Senegal in the west to Eritrea and western Ethiopia in the east, and south from here into northwest Kenya and northern Uganda.
Monotypic.
Photo by @Semioptera
Blue-spotted Wood-dove (Turtur afer)
The range of this species extends throughout much of sub-Saharan Africa, from west-central Senegal and Gambia in the west to Ethiopia and Eritrea in the east, and south through the Congo Basin and central Africa to southern Angola in the west and northeast South Africa in the west; absent from much of eastern Africa.
Monotypic.
Photo by @Hix
Tambourine Dove (Turtur tympanistria)
The range of this species extends throughout most of central sub-Saharan Africa, from Sierra Leone in the west to southern Ethiopia in the east, and south to northern Angola in the west and southeast South Africa in the east.
Monotypic.
Photo by @Tomek
Blue-headed Wood-dove (Turtur brehmeri)
The range of this species extends throughout West Africa and the Congo Basin, from Sierra Leone and southeast Guinea in the west to the eastern DRC in the east.
Two subspecies recognised:
T. b. infelix - photo by @ralph
T. b. brehmeri
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Emerald-spotted Wood-dove (Turtur chalcospilos)
The range of this species extends through eastern Africa from southeast South Sudan in the north to southeast South Africa, barring the Horn of Africa, west from Zambia and Zimbabwe into northern Angola, and north from here to western Gabon.
Monotypic.
Photo by @Chlidonias
Black-billed Wood-dove (Turtur abyssinicus)
The range of this species extends throughout much of the southern Sahel, from southern Mauritania and Senegal in the west to Eritrea and western Ethiopia in the east, and south from here into northwest Kenya and northern Uganda.
Monotypic.
Photo by @Semioptera
Blue-spotted Wood-dove (Turtur afer)
The range of this species extends throughout much of sub-Saharan Africa, from west-central Senegal and Gambia in the west to Ethiopia and Eritrea in the east, and south through the Congo Basin and central Africa to southern Angola in the west and northeast South Africa in the west; absent from much of eastern Africa.
Monotypic.
Photo by @Hix
Tambourine Dove (Turtur tympanistria)
The range of this species extends throughout most of central sub-Saharan Africa, from Sierra Leone in the west to southern Ethiopia in the east, and south to northern Angola in the west and southeast South Africa in the east.
Monotypic.
Photo by @Tomek
Blue-headed Wood-dove (Turtur brehmeri)
The range of this species extends throughout West Africa and the Congo Basin, from Sierra Leone and southeast Guinea in the west to the eastern DRC in the east.
Two subspecies recognised:
T. b. infelix - photo by @ralph
T. b. brehmeri
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Oena
Namaqua Dove (Oena capensis)
The range of this species extends throughout sub-Saharan Africa and into the Arabian Peninsula, and north from here into the Middle East; also present on Madagascar. Only seasonally present in much of western and central Africa, and absent entirely from the Congo Basin.
Two subspecies are currently recognised:
O. c. capensis - photo by @Hix
O. c. aliena
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Namaqua Dove (Oena capensis)
The range of this species extends throughout sub-Saharan Africa and into the Arabian Peninsula, and north from here into the Middle East; also present on Madagascar. Only seasonally present in much of western and central Africa, and absent entirely from the Congo Basin.
Two subspecies are currently recognised:
O. c. capensis - photo by @Hix
O. c. aliena
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Phapitreron
White-eared Brown-dove (Phapitreron leucotis)
The range of this species extends throughout the northern Philippines, primarily Luzon and Mindoro.
Monotypic.
Photo by @ralph
Buff-eared Brown-dove (Phapitreron nigrorum)
The range of this species extends throughout the east-central Philippines.
Monotypic.
Photo by @alexkant
Short-billed Brown-dove (Phapitreron brevirostris)
The range of this species extends throughout the southern and southeastern Philippines, and into the Sulu Islands.
Two subspecies recognised:
P. b. brevirostris - photo by @alexkant
P. b. occipitalis
Amethyst Brown-dove (Phapitreron amethystinus)
The range of this species extends throughout the Philippines.
Two subspecies recognised:
P. a. amethystinus
P. a. imeldae
No photographs of this species are present in the Zoochat gallery.
Grey-breasted Brown-dove (Phapitreron maculipectus)
Endemic to Negros and Panay in the central Philippines.
Monotypic; no photographs of this species are present in the Zoochat gallery.
Cebu Brown-dove (Phapitreron frontalis)
Endemic to Cebu in the east-central Philippines.
Monotypic; no photographs of this species are present in the Zoochat gallery.
Dark-eared Brown-dove (Phapitreron brunneiceps)
Endemic to Mindanao and nearby offshore islands in the southeast Philippines.
Monotypic; no photographs of this species are present in the Zoochat gallery.
Tawitawi Brown-dove (Phapitreron cinereiceps)
Endemic to Tawitawi in the Sula Islands of the southwest Philippines.
Monotypic; no photographs of this species are present in the Zoochat gallery.
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White-eared Brown-dove (Phapitreron leucotis)
The range of this species extends throughout the northern Philippines, primarily Luzon and Mindoro.
Monotypic.
Photo by @ralph
Buff-eared Brown-dove (Phapitreron nigrorum)
The range of this species extends throughout the east-central Philippines.
Monotypic.
Photo by @alexkant
Short-billed Brown-dove (Phapitreron brevirostris)
The range of this species extends throughout the southern and southeastern Philippines, and into the Sulu Islands.
Two subspecies recognised:
P. b. brevirostris - photo by @alexkant
P. b. occipitalis
Amethyst Brown-dove (Phapitreron amethystinus)
The range of this species extends throughout the Philippines.
Two subspecies recognised:
P. a. amethystinus
P. a. imeldae
No photographs of this species are present in the Zoochat gallery.
Grey-breasted Brown-dove (Phapitreron maculipectus)
Endemic to Negros and Panay in the central Philippines.
Monotypic; no photographs of this species are present in the Zoochat gallery.
Cebu Brown-dove (Phapitreron frontalis)
Endemic to Cebu in the east-central Philippines.
Monotypic; no photographs of this species are present in the Zoochat gallery.
Dark-eared Brown-dove (Phapitreron brunneiceps)
Endemic to Mindanao and nearby offshore islands in the southeast Philippines.
Monotypic; no photographs of this species are present in the Zoochat gallery.
Tawitawi Brown-dove (Phapitreron cinereiceps)
Endemic to Tawitawi in the Sula Islands of the southwest Philippines.
Monotypic; no photographs of this species are present in the Zoochat gallery.
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Erythrogaster
Well-Known Member
where did the suggestion of subspecies of Turtur brehmeri at Plzen come from?
1) The colour of the wing-spots, which is bright green as opposed to the gold-bronze of nominate birds.
2) The lower back of these birds lacks the pair of pale bands which are present in the nominate subspecies.
You are right - I confused Mindoro and Mindanao Doves.
Treron
Cinnamon-headed Green-pigeon (Treron fulvicollis)
The range of this species extends south through the Malay Peninsula into Sumatra and Borneo, along with nearby offshore islands in the Greater Sundas.
Four subspecies recognised:
T. f. fulvicollis
T. f. melopogenys
T. f. oberholseri
T. f. baramensis
No photographs of this species are present in the Zoochat gallery.
Little Green-pigeon (Treron olax)
The range of this species extends south through the Malay Peninsula into Sumatra and Borneo, to western Java in the east.
Monotypic; no photographs of this species are present in the Zoochat gallery.
Pink-necked Green-pigeon (Treron vernans)
The range of this species extends throughout southern Indochina and the Malay Peninsula, into the Greater Sundas, Moluccas and Philippines.
Five subspecies recognised:
T. v. vernans - photo by @Chlidonias
T. v. miza
T. v. adinus
T. v. karimuniensis
T. v. kangeanus
Orange-breasted Green-pigeon (Treron bicinctus)
The range of this species extends through southern Asia, from peninsular India and Sri Lanka in the west, northeast into the Himalayan foothills, Bhutan and northern Myanmar and from here into Indochina and the Malay Peninsula, extending in the south to Java and Bali.
Four subspecies recognised:
T. b. bicinctus
T. b. leggei - photo by @ralph
T. b. domvilii
T. b. javanus
Ashy-headed Green-pigeon (Treron phayrei)
The range of this species extends throughout southeast Asia, from the Himalayan foothills of northeast India and eastern Nepal, through Myanmar and southwest China into eastern and southern Indochina.
Monotypic; no photographs of this species are present in the Zoochat gallery.
Grey-fronted Green-pigeon (Treron affinis)
The range of this species is restricted to the Western Ghats of Peninsular India, with a disjunct population existing in a small portion of the central Eastern Ghats.
Monotypic; no photographs of this species are present in the Zoochat gallery.
Sri Lanka Green-pigeon (Treron pompadora)
Endemic to Sri Lanka.
Monotypic.
Photo by @ralph
Andaman Green-pigeon (Treron chloropterus)
Endemic to the Coco, Andaman and Nicobar Islands.
Monotypic; no photographs of this species are present in the Zoochat gallery.
Philippine Green-pigeon (Treron axillaris)
The range of this species extends throughout the Philippines.
Four subspecies recognised:
T. a. amadoni
T. a. axillaris
T. a. canescens - photo by @alexkant
T. a. everetti
Buru Green-pigeon (Treron aromaticus)
Endemic to Buru in the southern Moluccas.
Monotypic; no photographs of this species are present in the Zoochat gallery.
Thick-billed Green-pigeon (Treron curvirostra)
The range of this species extends from the foothills of the Himalayas in Nepal and northeast India, through northern Myanmar and southern China into Indochina and the Malay Peninsula, and from here into Sumatra, Borneo and the western Philippines.
Monotypic.
Photo by @Hix
Grey-cheeked Green-pigeon (Treron griseicauda)
The range of this species extends throughout Java, Bali, Sulawesi and surrounding offshore islands.
Five subspecies recognised:
T. g. sangirensis
T. g. wallacei
T. g. vordermani
T. g. pallidior
T. g. griseicauda
No photographs of this species are present in the Zoochat gallery.
Sumba Green-pigeon (Treron teysmannii)
Endemic to Sumba in the central Lesser Sundas.
Monotypic; no photographs of this species are present in the Zoochat gallery.
Flores Green-pigeon (Treron floris)
The range of this species extends throughout the west-central Lesser Sundas from Lombok in the west to Pulua Alor in the east.
Monotypic; no photographs of this species are present in the Zoochat gallery.
Timor Green-pigeon (Treron psittaceus)
The range of this species is restricted to the islands of Roti, Semau and Timor in the east-central Lesser Sundas.
Monotypic; no photographs of this species are present in the Zoochat gallery.
Cinnamon-headed Green-pigeon (Treron fulvicollis)
The range of this species extends south through the Malay Peninsula into Sumatra and Borneo, along with nearby offshore islands in the Greater Sundas.
Four subspecies recognised:
T. f. fulvicollis
T. f. melopogenys
T. f. oberholseri
T. f. baramensis
No photographs of this species are present in the Zoochat gallery.
Little Green-pigeon (Treron olax)
The range of this species extends south through the Malay Peninsula into Sumatra and Borneo, to western Java in the east.
Monotypic; no photographs of this species are present in the Zoochat gallery.
Pink-necked Green-pigeon (Treron vernans)
The range of this species extends throughout southern Indochina and the Malay Peninsula, into the Greater Sundas, Moluccas and Philippines.
Five subspecies recognised:
T. v. vernans - photo by @Chlidonias
T. v. miza
T. v. adinus
T. v. karimuniensis
T. v. kangeanus
Orange-breasted Green-pigeon (Treron bicinctus)
The range of this species extends through southern Asia, from peninsular India and Sri Lanka in the west, northeast into the Himalayan foothills, Bhutan and northern Myanmar and from here into Indochina and the Malay Peninsula, extending in the south to Java and Bali.
Four subspecies recognised:
T. b. bicinctus
T. b. leggei - photo by @ralph
T. b. domvilii
T. b. javanus
Ashy-headed Green-pigeon (Treron phayrei)
The range of this species extends throughout southeast Asia, from the Himalayan foothills of northeast India and eastern Nepal, through Myanmar and southwest China into eastern and southern Indochina.
Monotypic; no photographs of this species are present in the Zoochat gallery.
Grey-fronted Green-pigeon (Treron affinis)
The range of this species is restricted to the Western Ghats of Peninsular India, with a disjunct population existing in a small portion of the central Eastern Ghats.
Monotypic; no photographs of this species are present in the Zoochat gallery.
Sri Lanka Green-pigeon (Treron pompadora)
Endemic to Sri Lanka.
Monotypic.
Photo by @ralph
Andaman Green-pigeon (Treron chloropterus)
Endemic to the Coco, Andaman and Nicobar Islands.
Monotypic; no photographs of this species are present in the Zoochat gallery.
Philippine Green-pigeon (Treron axillaris)
The range of this species extends throughout the Philippines.
Four subspecies recognised:
T. a. amadoni
T. a. axillaris
T. a. canescens - photo by @alexkant
T. a. everetti
Buru Green-pigeon (Treron aromaticus)
Endemic to Buru in the southern Moluccas.
Monotypic; no photographs of this species are present in the Zoochat gallery.
Thick-billed Green-pigeon (Treron curvirostra)
The range of this species extends from the foothills of the Himalayas in Nepal and northeast India, through northern Myanmar and southern China into Indochina and the Malay Peninsula, and from here into Sumatra, Borneo and the western Philippines.
Monotypic.
Photo by @Hix
Grey-cheeked Green-pigeon (Treron griseicauda)
The range of this species extends throughout Java, Bali, Sulawesi and surrounding offshore islands.
Five subspecies recognised:
T. g. sangirensis
T. g. wallacei
T. g. vordermani
T. g. pallidior
T. g. griseicauda
No photographs of this species are present in the Zoochat gallery.
Sumba Green-pigeon (Treron teysmannii)
Endemic to Sumba in the central Lesser Sundas.
Monotypic; no photographs of this species are present in the Zoochat gallery.
Flores Green-pigeon (Treron floris)
The range of this species extends throughout the west-central Lesser Sundas from Lombok in the west to Pulua Alor in the east.
Monotypic; no photographs of this species are present in the Zoochat gallery.
Timor Green-pigeon (Treron psittaceus)
The range of this species is restricted to the islands of Roti, Semau and Timor in the east-central Lesser Sundas.
Monotypic; no photographs of this species are present in the Zoochat gallery.
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Large Green-pigeon (Treron capellei)
The range of this species extends throughout the Malay Peninsula, Borneo and Sumatra; populations in southern Myanmar and Java may have been extirpated, as there have been no recent records in these areas.
Two subspecies are recognised:
T. c. magnirostris - photo by @LaughingDove
T. c. capellei
Yellow-footed Green-pigeon (Treron phoenicopterus)
The range of this species extends throughout much of southern Asia, from central Pakistan in the west, through India, Sri Lanka, Nepal and Bangladesh to Bhutan, Myanmar and south-central China in the east, and south from here into eastern Indochina and northern Peninsular Thailand.
Five subspecies recognised:
T. p. phoenicopterus - photo by @Chlidonias
T. p. chlorigaste
T. p. phillipsi
T. p. viridifrons
T. p. annamensis
Bruce's Green-pigeon (Treron waalia)
The range of this species extends across the Sahel of sub-Saharan Africa and the area immediately south from here, from Mauritania and Senegal in the west to Eritrea and northern Somalia in the east; south from here the species extends into northern Uganda; north from here the species extends across the Gulf of Aden into the southern Arabian Peninsula
Monotypic.
Photo by @vogelcommando
Comoro Green-pigeon (Treron griveaudi)
Endemic to Mohéli in the Comoro Islands, with populations on Grand Comoro and Anjouan extirpated in the 19th century.
Monotypic; no photographs of this species are present in the Zoochat gallery.
Madagascar Green-pigeon (Treron australis)
Endemic to Madagascar.
Two subspecies are recognised:
T. a. xenius
T. a. australis
Photo by @jayjds2
African Green-pigeon (Treron calvus)
The range of this species extends across much of sub-Saharan Africa, from Senegal and Gambia in the west to south-central Ethiopia in the east, and south to southern Angola and northeast South Africa; absent from much of the eastern coastline of Africa barring the coast of Kenya.
Fifteen subspecies recognised:
T. c. nudirostris
T. c. sharpei - photo by @vogelcommando
T. c. calvus
T. c. poensis
T. c. virescens
T. c. uellensis
T. c. gibberifrons
T. c. brevicera
T. c. wakefieldii
T. c. salvadorii
T. c. orientalis
T. c. schalowi
T. c. ansorgei
T. c. vylderi
T. c. glaucus - photo by @LaughingDove
Grey-breasted Green-pigeon (Treron delalandii)
The range of this species extends across the eastern coastline of Africa from northeast Tanzania to the Eastern Cape Province of South Africa.
Two subspecies recognised:
T. d. granti
T. d. delalandii
Photo by @alexkant
Pemba Green-pigeon (Treron pembaensis)
Endemic to Pemba Island, off the northeast coast of Tanzania.
Monotypic; no photographs of this species are present in the Zoochat gallery.
Sao Tome Green-pigeon (Treron sanctithomae)
Endemic to São Tomé.
Monotypic; no photographs of this species are present in the Zoochat gallery.
Pin-tailed Green-pigeon (Treron apicauda)
The range of this species extends from the Himalayan foothills of northwest India in the west, through Nepal, Bhutan and Assam and into northern Myanmar and south-central China in the east, and south into northern and eastern Indochina.
Three subspecies recognised:
T. a. apicauda
T. a. laotianus
T. a. lowei
No photographs of this species are present in the Zoochat gallery.
Sumatran Green-pigeon (Treron oxyurus)
The range of this species is restricted to the mountainous spine of Sumatra, extending into the extreme west of Java.
Monotypic; no photographs of this species are present in the Zoochat gallery.
Yellow-vented Green-pigeon (Treron seimundi)
The range of this species extends throughout eastern Indochina from northern Laos to southern Vietnam, and patchily and in a highly-fragmented distribution of disjunct populations throughout Thailand and the Malay Peninsula.
Two subspecies recognised:
T. s. modestus
T. s. seimundi
No photographs of this species are present in the Zoochat gallery.
Wedge-tailed Green-pigeon (Treron sphenurus)
The range of this species extends from the Himalayan foothills of Kashmir in the west, through Nepal, Bhutan and Assam into south-central China in the east, and south from here in a patchy and fragmented distribution throughout Indochina and the Malay Peninsula, to the mountains of Sumatra, Java, Bali and Lombok.
Five subspecies currently recognised:
T. s. sphenurus - photo by @Chlidonias
T. s. delacouri
T. s. robinsoni
T. s. etorques
T. s. korthalsi
No photographs of this species are present in the Zoochat gallery.
White-bellied Green-pigeon (Treron sieboldii)
The range of this species extends throughout mainland Japan in the north, and south through the Ryukyu Islands to Taiwan and east-central China, and south from here into southern China and northeast Indochina.
Four subspecies recognised:
T. s. sieboldii - photo by @Goura
T. s. fopingensis
T. s. murielae
T. s. sororius
Ryukyu Green-pigeon (Treron permagnus)
Endemic to the Ryukyu Islands of Japan.
Two subspecies recognised:
T. p. permagnus
T. p. medioximus
No photographs of this species are present in the Zoochat gallery.
Taiwan Green-pigeon (Treron formosae)
The range of this species extends from Taiwan into the Batanes and Babuyan Islands of the northern Phillipines.
Two subspecies recognised:
T. f. formosae
T. f. filipinus
No photographs of this species are present in the Zoochat gallery.
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The range of this species extends throughout the Malay Peninsula, Borneo and Sumatra; populations in southern Myanmar and Java may have been extirpated, as there have been no recent records in these areas.
Two subspecies are recognised:
T. c. magnirostris - photo by @LaughingDove
T. c. capellei
Yellow-footed Green-pigeon (Treron phoenicopterus)
The range of this species extends throughout much of southern Asia, from central Pakistan in the west, through India, Sri Lanka, Nepal and Bangladesh to Bhutan, Myanmar and south-central China in the east, and south from here into eastern Indochina and northern Peninsular Thailand.
Five subspecies recognised:
T. p. phoenicopterus - photo by @Chlidonias
T. p. chlorigaste
T. p. phillipsi
T. p. viridifrons
T. p. annamensis
Bruce's Green-pigeon (Treron waalia)
The range of this species extends across the Sahel of sub-Saharan Africa and the area immediately south from here, from Mauritania and Senegal in the west to Eritrea and northern Somalia in the east; south from here the species extends into northern Uganda; north from here the species extends across the Gulf of Aden into the southern Arabian Peninsula
Monotypic.
Photo by @vogelcommando
Comoro Green-pigeon (Treron griveaudi)
Endemic to Mohéli in the Comoro Islands, with populations on Grand Comoro and Anjouan extirpated in the 19th century.
Monotypic; no photographs of this species are present in the Zoochat gallery.
Madagascar Green-pigeon (Treron australis)
Endemic to Madagascar.
Two subspecies are recognised:
T. a. xenius
T. a. australis
Photo by @jayjds2
African Green-pigeon (Treron calvus)
The range of this species extends across much of sub-Saharan Africa, from Senegal and Gambia in the west to south-central Ethiopia in the east, and south to southern Angola and northeast South Africa; absent from much of the eastern coastline of Africa barring the coast of Kenya.
Fifteen subspecies recognised:
T. c. nudirostris
T. c. sharpei - photo by @vogelcommando
T. c. calvus
T. c. poensis
T. c. virescens
T. c. uellensis
T. c. gibberifrons
T. c. brevicera
T. c. wakefieldii
T. c. salvadorii
T. c. orientalis
T. c. schalowi
T. c. ansorgei
T. c. vylderi
T. c. glaucus - photo by @LaughingDove
Grey-breasted Green-pigeon (Treron delalandii)
The range of this species extends across the eastern coastline of Africa from northeast Tanzania to the Eastern Cape Province of South Africa.
Two subspecies recognised:
T. d. granti
T. d. delalandii
Photo by @alexkant
Pemba Green-pigeon (Treron pembaensis)
Endemic to Pemba Island, off the northeast coast of Tanzania.
Monotypic; no photographs of this species are present in the Zoochat gallery.
Sao Tome Green-pigeon (Treron sanctithomae)
Endemic to São Tomé.
Monotypic; no photographs of this species are present in the Zoochat gallery.
Pin-tailed Green-pigeon (Treron apicauda)
The range of this species extends from the Himalayan foothills of northwest India in the west, through Nepal, Bhutan and Assam and into northern Myanmar and south-central China in the east, and south into northern and eastern Indochina.
Three subspecies recognised:
T. a. apicauda
T. a. laotianus
T. a. lowei
No photographs of this species are present in the Zoochat gallery.
Sumatran Green-pigeon (Treron oxyurus)
The range of this species is restricted to the mountainous spine of Sumatra, extending into the extreme west of Java.
Monotypic; no photographs of this species are present in the Zoochat gallery.
Yellow-vented Green-pigeon (Treron seimundi)
The range of this species extends throughout eastern Indochina from northern Laos to southern Vietnam, and patchily and in a highly-fragmented distribution of disjunct populations throughout Thailand and the Malay Peninsula.
Two subspecies recognised:
T. s. modestus
T. s. seimundi
No photographs of this species are present in the Zoochat gallery.
Wedge-tailed Green-pigeon (Treron sphenurus)
The range of this species extends from the Himalayan foothills of Kashmir in the west, through Nepal, Bhutan and Assam into south-central China in the east, and south from here in a patchy and fragmented distribution throughout Indochina and the Malay Peninsula, to the mountains of Sumatra, Java, Bali and Lombok.
Five subspecies currently recognised:
T. s. sphenurus - photo by @Chlidonias
T. s. delacouri
T. s. robinsoni
T. s. etorques
T. s. korthalsi
No photographs of this species are present in the Zoochat gallery.
White-bellied Green-pigeon (Treron sieboldii)
The range of this species extends throughout mainland Japan in the north, and south through the Ryukyu Islands to Taiwan and east-central China, and south from here into southern China and northeast Indochina.
Four subspecies recognised:
T. s. sieboldii - photo by @Goura
T. s. fopingensis
T. s. murielae
T. s. sororius
Ryukyu Green-pigeon (Treron permagnus)
Endemic to the Ryukyu Islands of Japan.
Two subspecies recognised:
T. p. permagnus
T. p. medioximus
No photographs of this species are present in the Zoochat gallery.
Taiwan Green-pigeon (Treron formosae)
The range of this species extends from Taiwan into the Batanes and Babuyan Islands of the northern Phillipines.
Two subspecies recognised:
T. f. formosae
T. f. filipinus
No photographs of this species are present in the Zoochat gallery.
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Ptilinopini
This lineage comprises 11 genera:
Ducula - Imperial Pigeons (43 species)
Megaloprepia - Wompoo and Scarlet-breasted Fruit-doves (2 species)
Ramphiculus - Jambu Fruit-dove and allies (10 species)
Alectroenas - Blue Pigeons (5 species)
Drepanoptila - Cloven-feathered Dove (monotypic)
Chrysoena - Orange Dove and allies (3 species)
Ptilinopus - True Fruit-doves (46 species)
Hemiphaga - New Zealand Pigeons (2 species)
Cryptophaps - Sombre Pigeon (monotypic)
Gymnophaps - Mountain Pigeons (4 species)
Lopholaimus - Topknot Pigeon (monotypic)
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This lineage comprises 11 genera:
Ducula - Imperial Pigeons (43 species)
Megaloprepia - Wompoo and Scarlet-breasted Fruit-doves (2 species)
Ramphiculus - Jambu Fruit-dove and allies (10 species)
Alectroenas - Blue Pigeons (5 species)
Drepanoptila - Cloven-feathered Dove (monotypic)
Chrysoena - Orange Dove and allies (3 species)
Ptilinopus - True Fruit-doves (46 species)
Hemiphaga - New Zealand Pigeons (2 species)
Cryptophaps - Sombre Pigeon (monotypic)
Gymnophaps - Mountain Pigeons (4 species)
Lopholaimus - Topknot Pigeon (monotypic)
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And now, I start on the first really long slog......
Ducula
Pink-bellied Imperial-pigeon (Ducula poliocephala)
The range of this species extends throughout the Philippines from Luzon in the north to the Sulu islands in the south.
Monotypic.
Photo by @talalak
White-bellied Imperial-pigeon (Ducula forsteni)
Endemic to Sulawesi and Taliabu.
Monotypic.
Photo by @devilfish
Mindoro Imperial-pigeon (Ducula mindorensis)
Endemic to Mindoro in the north-central Philippines.
Monotypic; no photographs of this species are present in the Zoochat gallery.
Grey-headed Imperial-pigeon (Ducula radiata)
Endemic to Sulawesi.
Monotypic.
Photo by @Chlidonias
Spotted Imperial-pigeon (Ducula carola)
The range of this species extends throughout the Philippines from Luzon in the north to Mindanao in the south.
Three subspecies recognised:
D. c. carola - photo by @Michal Sloviak
D. c. nigrorum
D. c. mindanensis
Green Imperial-pigeon (Ducula aenea)
The range of this species extends throughout southern Asia, from western India and Sri Lanka in the west, through northern India, Nepal and Bangladesh into southern China and northern Myanmar in the east, and south from here through Indochina and the Malay Peninsula into the Greater and Lesser Sundas and the Philippines.
Twelve subspecies recognised:
D. a. sylvatica - photo by @Jackwow
D. a. pusilla - photo by @ralph
D. a. andamanica
D. a. nicobarica
D. a. consobrina
D. a. polia - photo by @vogelcommando
D. a. fugaensis
D. a. nuchalis
D. a. palawanensis
D. a. aenea - photo by @yousuf89
D. a. intermedia
D. a. paulina - photo by @gentle lemur
Enggano Imperial-pigeon (Ducula oenothorax)
Endemic to Enggango Island off the southwest coastline of Sumatra.
Monotypic; no photographs of this species are present in the Zoochat gallery.
Spectacled Imperial-pigeon (Ducula perspicillata)
The range of this species extends throughout the Moluccas, and into the western West Papuan Islands.
Monotypic.
Photo by @alexkant
Seram Imperial-pigeon (Ducula neglecta)
Endemic to the southern Moluccas.
Monotypic; no photographs of this species are present in the Zoochat gallery.
Elegant Imperial-pigeon (Ducula concinna)
The range of this species extends widely but sparsely throughout the smaller islands of Wallacea, from the Moluccas in the northwest, through the Lesser Sundas to the Aru Islands in the southeast.
Monotypic.
Photo by @Maguari
Pacific Imperial-pigeon (Ducula pacifica)
The range of this species extends throughout many of the island chains of Melanesia and Polynesia, from the Bismarck Archipelago through to the Cook Islands, with the range also including (but not limited to) the Solomons, Vanatu, Fiji, Samoa and New Caledonia.
Two subspecies recognised:
D. p. sejuncta
D. p. pacifica
Photo by @alexkant
Micronesian Imperial-pigeon (Ducula oceanica)
The range of this species extends throughout the island chains of Micronesia.
Five subspecies recognised:
D. o. monacha
D. o. teraokai
D. o. townsendi
D. o. oceanica
D. o. ratakensis
No photographs of this species are present in the Zoochat gallery.
Polynesian Imperial-pigeon (Ducula aurorae)
The range of this species is restricted to Makatea and Tahiti; however, the species may now be extinct on the latter.
Two subspecies recognised:
D. a. aurorae
D. a. wilkesii
No photographs of this species are present in the Zoochat gallery.
Pink-bellied Imperial-pigeon (Ducula poliocephala)
The range of this species extends throughout the Philippines from Luzon in the north to the Sulu islands in the south.
Monotypic.
Photo by @talalak
White-bellied Imperial-pigeon (Ducula forsteni)
Endemic to Sulawesi and Taliabu.
Monotypic.
Photo by @devilfish
Mindoro Imperial-pigeon (Ducula mindorensis)
Endemic to Mindoro in the north-central Philippines.
Monotypic; no photographs of this species are present in the Zoochat gallery.
Grey-headed Imperial-pigeon (Ducula radiata)
Endemic to Sulawesi.
Monotypic.
Photo by @Chlidonias
Spotted Imperial-pigeon (Ducula carola)
The range of this species extends throughout the Philippines from Luzon in the north to Mindanao in the south.
Three subspecies recognised:
D. c. carola - photo by @Michal Sloviak
D. c. nigrorum
D. c. mindanensis
Green Imperial-pigeon (Ducula aenea)
The range of this species extends throughout southern Asia, from western India and Sri Lanka in the west, through northern India, Nepal and Bangladesh into southern China and northern Myanmar in the east, and south from here through Indochina and the Malay Peninsula into the Greater and Lesser Sundas and the Philippines.
Twelve subspecies recognised:
D. a. sylvatica - photo by @Jackwow
D. a. pusilla - photo by @ralph
D. a. andamanica
D. a. nicobarica
D. a. consobrina
D. a. polia - photo by @vogelcommando
D. a. fugaensis
D. a. nuchalis
D. a. palawanensis
D. a. aenea - photo by @yousuf89
D. a. intermedia
D. a. paulina - photo by @gentle lemur
Enggano Imperial-pigeon (Ducula oenothorax)
Endemic to Enggango Island off the southwest coastline of Sumatra.
Monotypic; no photographs of this species are present in the Zoochat gallery.
Spectacled Imperial-pigeon (Ducula perspicillata)
The range of this species extends throughout the Moluccas, and into the western West Papuan Islands.
Monotypic.
Photo by @alexkant
Seram Imperial-pigeon (Ducula neglecta)
Endemic to the southern Moluccas.
Monotypic; no photographs of this species are present in the Zoochat gallery.
Elegant Imperial-pigeon (Ducula concinna)
The range of this species extends widely but sparsely throughout the smaller islands of Wallacea, from the Moluccas in the northwest, through the Lesser Sundas to the Aru Islands in the southeast.
Monotypic.
Photo by @Maguari
Pacific Imperial-pigeon (Ducula pacifica)
The range of this species extends throughout many of the island chains of Melanesia and Polynesia, from the Bismarck Archipelago through to the Cook Islands, with the range also including (but not limited to) the Solomons, Vanatu, Fiji, Samoa and New Caledonia.
Two subspecies recognised:
D. p. sejuncta
D. p. pacifica
Photo by @alexkant
Micronesian Imperial-pigeon (Ducula oceanica)
The range of this species extends throughout the island chains of Micronesia.
Five subspecies recognised:
D. o. monacha
D. o. teraokai
D. o. townsendi
D. o. oceanica
D. o. ratakensis
No photographs of this species are present in the Zoochat gallery.
Polynesian Imperial-pigeon (Ducula aurorae)
The range of this species is restricted to Makatea and Tahiti; however, the species may now be extinct on the latter.
Two subspecies recognised:
D. a. aurorae
D. a. wilkesii
No photographs of this species are present in the Zoochat gallery.
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Nukuhiva Imperial-pigeon (Ducula galeata)
Endemic to Nukuhiva in the northern Marquesas Islands.
Monotypic; no photographs of this species are present in the Zoochat gallery.
Red-knobbed Imperial-pigeon (Ducula rubricera)
The range of this species extends throughout the Bismarck Archipelago and Solomon Islands.
Two subspecies recognised:
D. r. rubricera
D. r. rufigula - photo by @Tomek
Spice Imperial-pigeon (Ducula myristicivora)
The range of this species is restricted to the West Papuan Islands and Widi Island to the west, off the southeast coastline of Halmahera.
Monotypic.
Photo by @Calyptorhynchus
Geelvink Imperial-pigeon (Ducula geelvinkiana)
The range of this species is restricted to the islands of Numfor, Biak and Mios Num in Geelvink Bay, on the northwest coastline of New Guinea.
Monotypic; no photographs of this species are present in the Zoochat gallery.
Purple-tailed Imperial-pigeon (Ducula rufigaster)
The range of this species extends throughout the West Papuan Islands and New Guinea.
Two subspecies recognised:
D. r. rufigaster - photo by @Jackwow
D. r. uropygialis
Cinnamon-bellied Imperial-pigeon (Ducula basilica)
Endemic to the northern Moluccas.
Monotypic; no photographs of this species are present in the Zoochat gallery.
Rusty Imperial-pigeon (Ducula obiensis)
Endemic to Obi Island in the central Moluccas.
Monotypic; no photographs of this species are present in the Zoochat gallery.
Finsch's Imperial-pigeon (Ducula finschii)
Endemic to the Bismarck Archipelago.
Monotypic; no photographs of this species are present in the Zoochat gallery.
Shining Imperial-pigeon (Ducula chalconota)
The range of this species extends throughout the mountainous spine of New Guinea.
Two subspecies recognised:
D. c. chalconota
D. c. smaragdina
No photographs of this species are present in the Zoochat gallery.
Island Imperial-pigeon (Ducula pistrinaria)
The range of this species extends from offshore islands of eastern New Guinea, through the Bismarck Archipelago and D'Entrecasteaux Islands, to the Solomon Islands.
Four subspecies recognised:
D. p. rhodinolaema
D. p. vanwyckii - photo by @Zooish
D. p. postrema
D. p. pistrinaria - photo by @vogelcommando
Pink-headed Imperial-pigeon (Ducula rosacea)
The range of this species extends throughout the various smaller islands of the Java Sea, into the Lesser Sundas and patchily north into the Moluccas.
Monotypic.
Photo by @Goura
Christmas Imperial-pigeon (Ducula whartoni)
Endemic to Christmas Island.
Monotypic.
Photo by @Hix
Grey Imperial-pigeon (Ducula pickeringii)
The range of this species comprises a fragmented and highly-scatterd distribution throughout the smaller islands of the Sulu Sea and Celebes Sea, south of the Philippines and north of Borneo and Sulawesi.
Three subspecies recognised:
D. p. pickeringii
D. p. langhornei
D. p. palmasensis - photo by @alexkant
Barking Imperial-pigeon (Ducula latrans)
Endemic to Fiji, primarily on the larger islands of the archipelago.
Monotypic; no photographs of this species are present in the Zoochat gallery.
Chestnut-bellied Imperial-pigeon (Ducula brenchleyi)
Endemic to Guadalcanal, Malaita and Makira in the eastern Solomon Islands.
Monotypic; no photographs of this species are present in the Zoochat gallery.
Endemic to Nukuhiva in the northern Marquesas Islands.
Monotypic; no photographs of this species are present in the Zoochat gallery.
Red-knobbed Imperial-pigeon (Ducula rubricera)
The range of this species extends throughout the Bismarck Archipelago and Solomon Islands.
Two subspecies recognised:
D. r. rubricera
D. r. rufigula - photo by @Tomek
Spice Imperial-pigeon (Ducula myristicivora)
The range of this species is restricted to the West Papuan Islands and Widi Island to the west, off the southeast coastline of Halmahera.
Monotypic.
Photo by @Calyptorhynchus
Geelvink Imperial-pigeon (Ducula geelvinkiana)
The range of this species is restricted to the islands of Numfor, Biak and Mios Num in Geelvink Bay, on the northwest coastline of New Guinea.
Monotypic; no photographs of this species are present in the Zoochat gallery.
Purple-tailed Imperial-pigeon (Ducula rufigaster)
The range of this species extends throughout the West Papuan Islands and New Guinea.
Two subspecies recognised:
D. r. rufigaster - photo by @Jackwow
D. r. uropygialis
Cinnamon-bellied Imperial-pigeon (Ducula basilica)
Endemic to the northern Moluccas.
Monotypic; no photographs of this species are present in the Zoochat gallery.
Rusty Imperial-pigeon (Ducula obiensis)
Endemic to Obi Island in the central Moluccas.
Monotypic; no photographs of this species are present in the Zoochat gallery.
Finsch's Imperial-pigeon (Ducula finschii)
Endemic to the Bismarck Archipelago.
Monotypic; no photographs of this species are present in the Zoochat gallery.
Shining Imperial-pigeon (Ducula chalconota)
The range of this species extends throughout the mountainous spine of New Guinea.
Two subspecies recognised:
D. c. chalconota
D. c. smaragdina
No photographs of this species are present in the Zoochat gallery.
Island Imperial-pigeon (Ducula pistrinaria)
The range of this species extends from offshore islands of eastern New Guinea, through the Bismarck Archipelago and D'Entrecasteaux Islands, to the Solomon Islands.
Four subspecies recognised:
D. p. rhodinolaema
D. p. vanwyckii - photo by @Zooish
D. p. postrema
D. p. pistrinaria - photo by @vogelcommando
Pink-headed Imperial-pigeon (Ducula rosacea)
The range of this species extends throughout the various smaller islands of the Java Sea, into the Lesser Sundas and patchily north into the Moluccas.
Monotypic.
Photo by @Goura
Christmas Imperial-pigeon (Ducula whartoni)
Endemic to Christmas Island.
Monotypic.
Photo by @Hix
Grey Imperial-pigeon (Ducula pickeringii)
The range of this species comprises a fragmented and highly-scatterd distribution throughout the smaller islands of the Sulu Sea and Celebes Sea, south of the Philippines and north of Borneo and Sulawesi.
Three subspecies recognised:
D. p. pickeringii
D. p. langhornei
D. p. palmasensis - photo by @alexkant
Barking Imperial-pigeon (Ducula latrans)
Endemic to Fiji, primarily on the larger islands of the archipelago.
Monotypic; no photographs of this species are present in the Zoochat gallery.
Chestnut-bellied Imperial-pigeon (Ducula brenchleyi)
Endemic to Guadalcanal, Malaita and Makira in the eastern Solomon Islands.
Monotypic; no photographs of this species are present in the Zoochat gallery.
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Vanuatu Imperial-pigeon (Ducula bakeri)
The range of this species is restricted to the Bank Islands and northern Vanuatu.
Monotypic; no photographs of this species are present in the Zoochat gallery.
New Caledonian Imperial-pigeon (Ducula goliath)
Endemic to New Caledonia and the Isle of Pines.
Monotypic.
Photo by @Chlidonias
Pinon's Imperial-pigeon (Ducula pinon)
The range of this species extends throughout New Guinea, the West Papuan Islands and Aru Islands.
Two subspecies recognised:
D. p. jobiensis - photo by @Daniel Sörensen
D. p. pinon - photo by @LaughingDove
Louisiade Imperial-pigeon (Ducula salvadorii)
The range of this species is restricted to the D’Entrecasteaux Islands and Louisiade Archipelago, off the southeast coast of New Guinea.
Monotypic; no photographs of this species are present in the Zoochat gallery.
Bismarck Imperial-pigeon (Ducula melanochroa)
Endemic to the Bismarck Archipelago.
Monotypic; no photographs of this species are present in the Zoochat gallery.
Collared Imperial-pigeon (Ducula mullerii)
The range of this species extends throughout the southern lowlands of New Guinea, with patchy disjunct populations scattered in the north and the Aru Islands.
Two subspecies recognised:
D. m. aurantia
D. m. mullerii - photo by @geomorph
Zoe's Imperial-pigeon (Ducula zoeae)
The range of this species extends from the westernmost West Papuan Islands and Aru Islands, throughout New Guinea and into the D’Entrecasteaux Islands and Louisiade Archipelago.
Monotypic.
Photo by @Javan Rhino
Nilgiri Imperial-pigeon (Ducula cuprea)
The range of this species is restricted to the Western Ghats of southwest India.
Monotypic; no photographs of this species are present in the Zoochat gallery.
Mountain Imperial-pigeon (Ducula badia)
The range of this species extends from Nepal, Assam and Bhutan in the north, through northern Myanmar and south-central China into Indochina and the Malay Peninsula in the south, and from here into Sumatra, Borneo and patchily in Java.
Three subspecies recognised:
D. b. insignis
D. b. griseicapilla - photo by @LaughingDove
D. b. badia - photo by @Hix
Dark-backed Imperial-pigeon (Ducula lacernulata)
The range of this species extends throughout Java, and into the western Lesser Sundas as far east as Flores.
Three subspecies recognised:
D. l. lacernulata
D. l. williami
D. l. sasakensis
No photographs of this species are present in the Zoochat gallery.
Timor Imperial-pigeon (Ducula cineracea)
Endemic to Timor and Wetar in the Lesser Sundas.
Two subspecies recognised:
D. c. cineracea
D. c. schistacea
No photographs of this species are present in the Zoochat gallery.
Pied Imperial-pigeon (Ducula bicolor)
The range of this species extends throughout the coastal regions and islands of the eastern Indian Ocean, Sula Sea, Celebes Sea and Banda Sea, from the Andaman and Nicobar Islands in the west to the Aru Islands in the east.
Monotypic.
Photo by @vogelcommando
Torresian Imperial-pigeon (Ducula spilorrhoa)
The range of this species extends from the Aru Islands and coastal regions of New Guinea - extending further inland in the south - into the northern coastline of Australia from the Kimberley region of Western Australia to east-central Queensland.
Monotypic.
Photo by @Hix
Yellowish Imperial-pigeon (Ducula subflavescens)
The range of this species extends throughout the Admiralty Islands and Bismarck Archipelago.
Monotypic; no photographs of this species are present in the Zoochat gallery.
Silver-tipped Imperial-pigeon (Ducula luctuosa)
Endemic to Sulawesi and surrounding small islands and islets.
Monotypic.
Photo by @Vision
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The range of this species is restricted to the Bank Islands and northern Vanuatu.
Monotypic; no photographs of this species are present in the Zoochat gallery.
New Caledonian Imperial-pigeon (Ducula goliath)
Endemic to New Caledonia and the Isle of Pines.
Monotypic.
Photo by @Chlidonias
Pinon's Imperial-pigeon (Ducula pinon)
The range of this species extends throughout New Guinea, the West Papuan Islands and Aru Islands.
Two subspecies recognised:
D. p. jobiensis - photo by @Daniel Sörensen
D. p. pinon - photo by @LaughingDove
Louisiade Imperial-pigeon (Ducula salvadorii)
The range of this species is restricted to the D’Entrecasteaux Islands and Louisiade Archipelago, off the southeast coast of New Guinea.
Monotypic; no photographs of this species are present in the Zoochat gallery.
Bismarck Imperial-pigeon (Ducula melanochroa)
Endemic to the Bismarck Archipelago.
Monotypic; no photographs of this species are present in the Zoochat gallery.
Collared Imperial-pigeon (Ducula mullerii)
The range of this species extends throughout the southern lowlands of New Guinea, with patchy disjunct populations scattered in the north and the Aru Islands.
Two subspecies recognised:
D. m. aurantia
D. m. mullerii - photo by @geomorph
Zoe's Imperial-pigeon (Ducula zoeae)
The range of this species extends from the westernmost West Papuan Islands and Aru Islands, throughout New Guinea and into the D’Entrecasteaux Islands and Louisiade Archipelago.
Monotypic.
Photo by @Javan Rhino
Nilgiri Imperial-pigeon (Ducula cuprea)
The range of this species is restricted to the Western Ghats of southwest India.
Monotypic; no photographs of this species are present in the Zoochat gallery.
Mountain Imperial-pigeon (Ducula badia)
The range of this species extends from Nepal, Assam and Bhutan in the north, through northern Myanmar and south-central China into Indochina and the Malay Peninsula in the south, and from here into Sumatra, Borneo and patchily in Java.
Three subspecies recognised:
D. b. insignis
D. b. griseicapilla - photo by @LaughingDove
D. b. badia - photo by @Hix
Dark-backed Imperial-pigeon (Ducula lacernulata)
The range of this species extends throughout Java, and into the western Lesser Sundas as far east as Flores.
Three subspecies recognised:
D. l. lacernulata
D. l. williami
D. l. sasakensis
No photographs of this species are present in the Zoochat gallery.
Timor Imperial-pigeon (Ducula cineracea)
Endemic to Timor and Wetar in the Lesser Sundas.
Two subspecies recognised:
D. c. cineracea
D. c. schistacea
No photographs of this species are present in the Zoochat gallery.
Pied Imperial-pigeon (Ducula bicolor)
The range of this species extends throughout the coastal regions and islands of the eastern Indian Ocean, Sula Sea, Celebes Sea and Banda Sea, from the Andaman and Nicobar Islands in the west to the Aru Islands in the east.
Monotypic.
Photo by @vogelcommando
Torresian Imperial-pigeon (Ducula spilorrhoa)
The range of this species extends from the Aru Islands and coastal regions of New Guinea - extending further inland in the south - into the northern coastline of Australia from the Kimberley region of Western Australia to east-central Queensland.
Monotypic.
Photo by @Hix
Yellowish Imperial-pigeon (Ducula subflavescens)
The range of this species extends throughout the Admiralty Islands and Bismarck Archipelago.
Monotypic; no photographs of this species are present in the Zoochat gallery.
Silver-tipped Imperial-pigeon (Ducula luctuosa)
Endemic to Sulawesi and surrounding small islands and islets.
Monotypic.
Photo by @Vision
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It perhaps goes without saying we could do with a better shot of this species......