Ducula aenea [aenea or paulina] (Green Imperial-Pigeon [aenea or paulina])

Green Imperial-Pigeon [aenea or paulina]

Ducula aenea [aenea or paulina] (= Ducula aenea aenea) (Linnaeus, 1766)

The green imperial pigeon is a large forest pigeon. The large range extends from Nepal, southern India and Sri Lanka eastwards to southern China, Indonesia and the Philippines. Source: Wikipedia

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Classification

Order:
  Columbiformes
Family:
  Columbidae
Genus:
   Ducula
Scientific:
  Ducula aenea aenea

Original description

Citation:
(Linnaeus, 1766)

Reference:
Syst.Nat.ed.12 p.283

Protonym:
Columba aenea

Link:
https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42946479

Avibase identifiers

Avibase ID:
579C780F34888DE8

Avibase ID:
avibase-579C780F

Short link:
https://avibase.ca/579C780F

Taxonomic Serial Number:
TSN: 677020

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Geographic range:

Ducula aenea aenea: Philippines (except for northern Luzon and associated islands and the southwestern islands)
Ducula aenea polia: Thai-Malay Peninsula, the Greater Sundas, and the Lesser Sundas (Lombok east to Alor)
Ducula aenea sylvatica: northern India east to southeastern China (including Hainan Island), southern Thailand and southern Myanmar, Laos, Cambodia, and Vietnam
Ducula aenea andamanica: Andaman Islands
Ducula aenea pusilla: S India and Sri Lanka
Ducula aenea consobrina: islands off western Sumatra (Simeulue south to the Mentawai Islands)
Ducula aenea palawanensis: Palawan, adjacent s Philippines and Banggai Islands
Ducula aenea fugaensis: N Philippines (Calayan, Camiguin Norte and Fuga)
Ducula aenea nuchalis: N Luzon (n Philippines)
Ducula aenea paulina: Sulawesi and associated islands, including Togian, Banggai, and Sula islands
Ducula aenea intermedia: Sangihe and Talaud island
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Source: Clements checklist

English:
Green Imperial-Pigeon [aenea or paulina]
French:
Carpophage de Pauline [aenea ou paulina]

Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:

Avibase taxonomic concepts (current): Green Imperial-Pigeon [aenea or paulina] ( Ducula aenea [aenea or paulina])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 01 (August 2013): Green Imperial-Pigeon ( Ducula aenea [aenea or pallidinucha])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014): Green Imperial-Pigeon [aenea or paulina] ( Ducula aenea [aenea or paulina])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015): Green Imperial-Pigeon [aenea or paulina] ( Ducula aenea [aenea or paulina])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016): Green Imperial-Pigeon [aenea or paulina] ( Ducula aenea [aenea or paulina])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017): Green Imperial-Pigeon [aenea or paulina] ( Ducula aenea [aenea or paulina])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018): Green Imperial-Pigeon [aenea or paulina] ( Ducula aenea [aenea or paulina])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020): Green Imperial-Pigeon [aenea or paulina] ( Ducula aenea [aenea or paulina])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021): Green Imperial-Pigeon [aenea or paulina] ( Ducula aenea [aenea or paulina])
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6 (Dec 2021): Green Imperial-pigeon ( Ducula aenea) [version 1]

Taxonomic status:

Species status: subspecies group (sometimes a species)

This taxon is a subspecies of Ducula aenea

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Other synonyms

Bengali: সবুজ ধুমকল
Catalan: Colom imperial verd
Czech: holub kovový
Danish: Kejserdue
German: Bronzefruchttaube
English: Green Imperial Pigeon, Green Imperial-Pigeon, Green Imperial-Pigeon [aenea or paulina]
Esperanto: Verda imperia kolombo
Spanish: Dúcula Verde
Estonian: rohe-keisertuvi
Finnish: viherkeisarikyyhky
French: Carpophage de Pauline, Carpophage de Pauline (aenea), Carpophage de Pauline [aenea ou paulina], Carpophage pauline, Carpophage pauline [aenea or paulina], Carpophage pauline [aenea ou paulina]
Hungarian: bronz császárgalamb
Indonesian: Burung Pergam Hijau
Italian: Piccione imperiale verde
Japanese (romaji): mikadobato
Japanese: ミカドバト
Japanese (Kanji): 帝鳩
Scientific: Columba aenea, Ducula aenea, Ducula aenea [aenea or pallidinucha], Ducula aenea [aenea or paulina], Ducula aenea aenea
Lithuanian: Žaliasis imperatoriškasis karvelis
Malayalam: മേനിപ്രാവ്
Malay: Burung Pergam
Dutch: Groene Muskaatduif
Norwegian: Bronsekeiserdue
Polish: muszkatela miedziana
Pinyin: lǜ huáng-jiū
Portuguese: Pombo-imperial-verde
Russian: Мускатный плодоядный голубь
Slovak: plodožer bronzový
Swedish: Grön kejsarduva
Tamil: Peria Pachai Pura
Thai: นกลุมพู
Thai (Transliteration): nók lum-pʰuu
Vietnamese: Chim Gầm ghì lưng xanh
Chinese: 绿皇鸠
Chinese (Traditional): 綠皇鳩