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Spice Imperial-Pigeon

Ducula myristicivora (Scopoli, GA 1786)

The spice imperial pigeon is a species of bird in the family Columbidae. It is endemic to Indonesia, where it occurs in the eastern Moluccas and the Raja Ampat Islands. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical mangrove forests. Source: Wikipedia



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Classification
Order:
  Columbiformes
Family:
  Columbidae
Genus:
   Ducula
Scientific:
  Ducula myristicivora


Original description

Citation:
  (Scopoli, GA 1786)

Reference:
   Delic. Florae Faunae Insubr. 2 p.94

Protonym:
  Columba myristicivora

Type locality:
  New Guinea, ex Sonnerat, pi. 103.


Avibase identifiers

Avibase ID:
  83E8AEB2877F4AB2

Avibase ID:
  avibase-83E8AEB2

Short link:
  https://avibase.ca/83E8AEB2


Taxonomic Serial Number:
  TSN: 177380

Geographic range:

  • Ducula myristicivora: Widi Island (off Halmahera) and Raja Ampat Islands (off western New Guinea)
English:
Spice Imperial-Pigeon
Catalan:
Colom imperial ceranegre
Czech:
holub papuánský
Danish:
Sortknoppet Kejserdue
German:
Schwarzhöcker-Fruchttaube
Spanish:
Dúcula de la nuez moscada
Finnish:
mustakyhmykyyhky
French:
Carpophage cuivré
Croatian:
smaragdna voćarica
Hungarian:
feketebütykös császárgalamb
Italian:
Piccione imperiale delle spezie
Japanese:
クロコブバト
Lithuanian:
salinis imperatoriškasis karvelis
Dutch:
Zwartknobbelmuskaatduif
Norwegian:
Svartknoppkeiserdue
Polish:
muszkatela szmaragdowa
Portuguese:
pombo-imperial-de-barriga-malva
Portuguese (Portugal):
pombo-imperial-das-especiarias
Russian:
Черногребенчатый плодоядный голубь
Slovak:
plodožer smaragdový
Serbian:
Smaragdni imperijalni golub
Swedish:
svartvårtig kejsarduva
Ukrainian:
пінон смарагдовий
Chinese:
黑疣皇鸠
Chinese (Traditional):
黑鼻皇鳩


Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:

Avibase taxonomic concepts (current):
Spice Imperial-Pigeon ( Ducula myristicivora) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023):
Spice Imperial-Pigeon ( Ducula myristicivora) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2024 (Oct 2024):
Spice Imperial-Pigeon ( Ducula myristicivora) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 01 (August 2013):
Spice Imperial-Pigeon (nominate) ( Ducula myristicivora myristicivora)
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014):
Spice Imperial-Pigeon (nominate) ( Ducula myristicivora myristicivora)
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015):
Spice Imperial-Pigeon (nominate) ( Ducula myristicivora myristicivora)
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016):
Spice Imperial-Pigeon (nominate) ( Ducula myristicivora myristicivora)
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017):
Spice Imperial-Pigeon (nominate) ( Ducula myristicivora myristicivora)
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018):
Spice Imperial-Pigeon (nominate) ( Ducula myristicivora myristicivora)
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020):
Spice Imperial-Pigeon (nominate) ( Ducula myristicivora myristicivora)
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021):
Spice Imperial-Pigeon (nominate) ( Ducula myristicivora myristicivora)
Birdlife checklist version 07 (Jul 2014):
Spice Imperial-pigeon ( Ducula myristicivora) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 08 (Oct 2015):
Spice Imperial-pigeon ( Ducula myristicivora) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 09 (Dec 2016):
Spice Imperial-pigeon ( Ducula myristicivora) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 09.1 (Jun 2017):
Spice Imperial-pigeon ( Ducula myristicivora) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v2 (Dec 2017):
Spice Imperial-pigeon ( Ducula myristicivora) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v3 (Nov 2018):
Spice Imperial-pigeon ( Ducula myristicivora) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v4 (Dec 2019):
Spice Imperial-pigeon ( Ducula myristicivora) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v5 (Dec 2020):
Spice Imperial-pigeon ( Ducula myristicivora) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6 (Dec 2021):
Spice Imperial-pigeon ( Ducula myristicivora) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6b (Jul 2022):
Spice Imperial-pigeon ( Ducula myristicivora) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v7 (Dec 2022):
Spice Imperial-pigeon ( Ducula myristicivora) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v8 (Dec 2023):
Spice Imperial-pigeon ( Ducula myristicivora) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v9 (Oct 2024):
Spice Imperial-pigeon ( Ducula myristicivora) [version 1]
Clements, version 2021:
Ducula myristicivora myristicivora [version 1]
Clements, version 2022:
Spice Imperial-Pigeon ( Ducula myristicivora) [version 1]
Clements, version 2023:
Spice Imperial-Pigeon ( Ducula myristicivora) [version 1]
Clements, version 2024:
Spice Imperial-Pigeon ( Ducula myristicivora) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (as published):
Ducula myristicivora myristicivora [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2000 revisions):
Ducula myristicivora myristicivora [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2001 revisions):
Ducula myristicivora myristicivora [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2002 revisions):
Ducula myristicivora myristicivora [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2003 revisions):
Ducula myristicivora myristicivora [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2004 revisions):
Ducula myristicivora myristicivora [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2005 revisions):
Ducula myristicivora myristicivora [version 1]
Clements 6th edition:
Ducula myristicivora myristicivora [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (incl. 2007 revisions):
Ducula myristicivora myristicivora [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (incl. 2008 revisions):
Ducula myristicivora myristicivora [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (incl. 2009 revisions):
Ducula myristicivora myristicivora [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.5 incl. 2010 revisions):
Ducula myristicivora myristicivora [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.6 incl. 2011 revisions):
Ducula myristicivora myristicivora [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.7 incl. 2012 revisions):
Ducula myristicivora myristicivora [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.8 incl. 2013 revisions):
Ducula myristicivora myristicivora [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.9 incl. 2014 revisions):
Ducula myristicivora myristicivora [version 1]
Clements, version 2015:
Ducula myristicivora myristicivora [version 1]
Clements, version 2016:
Ducula myristicivora myristicivora [version 1]
Clements, version 2017:
Ducula myristicivora myristicivora [version 1]
Clements, version 2018:
Ducula myristicivora myristicivora [version 1]
Clements, version 2019:
Ducula myristicivora myristicivora [version 1]
eBird version 1.54:
Spice Imperial-Pigeon (Pink-naped) ( Ducula myristicivora myristicivora) [version 1]
eBird version 1.55:
Spice Imperial-Pigeon (Pink-naped) ( Ducula myristicivora myristicivora) [version 1]
eBird version 2015:
Spice Imperial-Pigeon (Pink-naped) ( Ducula myristicivora myristicivora) [version 1]
eBird version 2016:
Spice Imperial-Pigeon (Pink-naped) ( Ducula myristicivora myristicivora) [version 1]
eBird version 2017:
Spice Imperial-Pigeon (Pink-naped) ( Ducula myristicivora myristicivora) [version 1]
eBird version 2018:
Spice Imperial-Pigeon (Pink-naped) ( Ducula myristicivora myristicivora) [version 1]
eBird version 2019:
Spice Imperial-Pigeon (Pink-naped) ( Ducula myristicivora myristicivora) [version 1]
eBird version 2021:
Spice Imperial-Pigeon (Pink-naped) ( Ducula myristicivora myristicivora) [version 1]
eBird version 2022:
Spice Imperial-Pigeon ( Ducula myristicivora) [version 1]
eBird version 2023:
Spice Imperial-Pigeon ( Ducula myristicivora) [version 1]
eBird version 2024:
Spice Imperial-Pigeon ( Ducula myristicivora) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 2nd edition:
Ducula myristicivora myristicivora [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (as published):
Ducula myristicivora myristicivora [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 1.2):
Ducula myristicivora myristicivora [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 2.1):
Ducula myristicivora myristicivora [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 3.1):
Ducula myristicivora myristicivora [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 4):
Ducula myristicivora myristicivora [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 5):
Ducula myristicivora myristicivora [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 6):
Ducula myristicivora myristicivora [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 7):
Ducula myristicivora myristicivora [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 8):
Ducula myristicivora myristicivora [version 1]
Howard and Moore 4th edition (vol. 1-2):
Ducula myristicivora myristicivora [version 1]
Howard and Moore 4th edition (incl. corrigenda vol.1-2):
Ducula myristicivora myristicivora [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World (vol 1-16):
Ducula myristicivora myristicivora [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (31/01/2015):
Spice Imperial-pigeon ( Ducula myristicivora) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (03/07/2017):
Spice Imperial-pigeon ( Ducula myristicivora) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2017):
Spice Imperial-pigeon ( Ducula myristicivora) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2018):
Spice Imperial-pigeon ( Ducula myristicivora) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.1:
Ducula myristicivora myristicivora [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.2:
Ducula myristicivora myristicivora [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.3:
Ducula myristicivora myristicivora [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.4:
Ducula myristicivora myristicivora [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.5:
Ducula myristicivora myristicivora [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.1:
Ducula myristicivora myristicivora [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.2:
Ducula myristicivora myristicivora [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.3:
Ducula myristicivora myristicivora [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.4:
Ducula myristicivora myristicivora [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.1:
Ducula myristicivora myristicivora [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.2:
Ducula myristicivora myristicivora [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.3:
Ducula myristicivora myristicivora [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.4:
Ducula myristicivora myristicivora [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.1:
Ducula myristicivora myristicivora [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.2:
Ducula myristicivora myristicivora [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.3:
Ducula myristicivora myristicivora [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.4:
Ducula myristicivora myristicivora [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 7.1:
Ducula myristicivora myristicivora [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 7.2:
Ducula myristicivora myristicivora [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 7.3:
Ducula myristicivora myristicivora [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 8.1:
Ducula myristicivora myristicivora [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 8.2:
Ducula myristicivora myristicivora [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 9.1:
Ducula myristicivora myristicivora [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 9.2:
Ducula myristicivora myristicivora [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 10.1:
Ducula myristicivora myristicivora [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 10.2:
Ducula myristicivora myristicivora [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 11.1:
Ducula myristicivora myristicivora [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 11.2:
Spice Imperial Pigeon ( Ducula myristicivora) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 12.1:
Spice Imperial Pigeon ( Ducula myristicivora) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 12.2:
Spice Imperial Pigeon ( Ducula myristicivora) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 13.1:
Spice Imperial Pigeon ( Ducula myristicivora) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 13.2:
Spice Imperial Pigeon ( Ducula myristicivora) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 14.1:
Spice Imperial Pigeon ( Ducula myristicivora) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 14.2:
Spice Imperial Pigeon ( Ducula myristicivora) [version 1]
Peters' Check-list of the Birds (original):
Ducula myristicivora myristicivora [version 1]
Peters' Check-list of the Birds (2nd edition):
Ducula myristicivora myristicivora [version 1]
Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource:
Ducula myristicivora myristicivora [version 1]
Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource:
Ducula myristicivora myristicivora [version 1]

Taxonomic status:

Species status: full species (sometimes nominal subspecies)

This taxon is considered a subspecies of Ducula [myristicivora or geelvinkiana] (sensu lato) by some authors

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Other synonyms

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Catalan: Colom imperial ceranegre, Dúcula de cera negra
Czech: holub papuánský
Danish: Sortknoppet Kejserdue
German: Schwarzhöcker-Fruchttaube, Schwarzhöcker-Fruchttaube (myristicivora)
English: Spice Imperial Pigeon, Spice Imperial-Pigeon, Spice Imperial-Pigeon (myristicivora), Spice Imperial-Pigeon (nominate), Spice Imperial-Pigeon (Pink-naped)
English, HBW: Spice Imperial-pigeon
English (IOC): Spice Imperial Pigeon, Spice Imperial Pigeon (Pink-naped)
English (United States): Spice Imperial-Pigeon (Pink-naped)
Esperanto: S imperia kolombo
Spanish: Dúcula de Cere Negro, Dúcula de la nuez moscada, Dúcula de la Nuez Moscada (myristicivora)
Spanish (Spain): Dúcula de La Nuez Moscada (myristicivora)
Spanish (HBW): Spice Imperial-Pigeon (Pink-naped)
Estonian: mustsagar-keisertuvi
Finnish: mustakyhmykyyhky
French: Carpophage cuivré, Carpophage cuivré (myristicivora), Carpophage cuivré (nominal), Carpophage cuivré (nominale), Carpophage cuivré (race nominale)
Croatian: smaragdna voćarica
Hungarian: feketebütykös császárgalamb
Indonesian: Pergam rempah
Italian: Piccione imperiale dal bernoccolo nero, Piccione imperiale delle spezie
Japanese (romaji): kurokobubato (myristicivora)
Japanese: クロコブバト, クロコブバト (myristicivora), クロコブバト(myristicivora)
Scientific: Carpophaga roseinucha, Columba myristicivora, Ducula myristicivora, Ducula myristicivora myristicivora
Lithuanian: salinis imperatoriškasis karvelis
Dutch: Zwartknobbelmuskaatduif, Zwartknobbelmuskaatduif (myristicivora)
Norwegian: Svartknoppkeiserdue, svartknoppkeiserdue (myristicivora)
Polish: muszkatela szmaragdowa, muszkatela szmaragdowa (myristicivora)
Portuguese: pombo-imperial-de-barriga-malva
Portuguese (Portugal): pombo-imperial-das-especiarias, pombo-imperial-das-especiarias (myristicivora)
Russian: Черногребенчатый плодоядный голубь, Чернорогий плодовый голубь (myristicivora)
Slovak: plodožer smaragdový, plodožer smaragdový (skup.)
Serbian: Smaragdni imperijalni golub, Smaragdni imperijalni golub (ružičastog zatiljka)
Swedish: svartvårtig kejsarduva, svartvårtig kejsarduva (myristicivora)
Turkish: Muskat Has Güvercini, Muskat has güvercini (myristicivora)
Ukrainian: пінон смарагдовий
Chinese: 黑疣皇鸠
Chinese (Traditional): 黑鼻皇鳩

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