Ducula [aenea or nicobarica] (Green Imperial Pigeon [aenea or paulina, incl. nicobarica])

Green Imperial Pigeon [aenea or paulina, incl. nicobarica]

Ducula [aenea or nicobarica] (= Ducula aenea aenea) (Linnaeus, C 1766)

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Classification

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

Original description

Citation:
(Linnaeus, C 1766)

Reference:
Systema Naturae ed. 12, vol. 1, part 1

Protonym:
Columba aenea

Type locality:
'in Moluccis'; error = Flores, designated by Hartert and Goodson, Nov. Zool., 25, 1918, p. 346.

Link:
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/137337#page/287/mode/1up

Avibase identifiers

Avibase ID:
D1E845C5E8BA7533

Avibase ID:
avibase-D1E845C5

Short link:
https://avibase.ca/D1E845C5

Taxonomic Serial Number:
TSN: 177361

English:
Green Imperial Pigeon [aenea or paulina, incl. nicobarica]
French:
Carpophage de Pauline ou C. des Nicobar

Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:

Avibase taxonomic concepts (current): Green Imperial Pigeon [aenea or paulina, incl. nicobarica] ( Ducula [aenea or nicobarica])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023): Green Imperial-Pigeon [aenea or paulina, incl. nicobarica] ( Ducula [aenea or nicobarica])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2024 (Oct 2024): Green Imperial-Pigeon [aenea or paulina, incl. nicobarica] ( Ducula [aenea or nicobarica])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2025 (Nov 2025): Green Imperial Pigeon [aenea or paulina, incl. nicobarica] ( Ducula [aenea or nicobarica])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014): Green Imperial-Pigeon [aenea or paulina, incl. nicobarica] ( Ducula aenea [aenea or paulina, incl. nicobarica])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015): Green Imperial-Pigeon [aenea or paulina, incl. nicobarica] ( Ducula aenea [aenea or paulina, incl. nicobarica])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016): Green Imperial-Pigeon [aenea or paulina, incl. nicobarica] ( Ducula aenea [aenea or paulina, incl. nicobarica])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017): Green Imperial-Pigeon [aenea or paulina, incl. nicobarica] ( Ducula aenea [aenea or paulina, incl. nicobarica])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018): Green Imperial-Pigeon [aenea or paulina, incl. nicobarica] ( Ducula aenea [aenea or paulina, incl. nicobarica])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020): Green Imperial-Pigeon [aenea or paulina, incl. nicobarica] ( Ducula aenea [aenea or paulina, incl. nicobarica])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021): Green Imperial-Pigeon [aenea or paulina, incl. nicobarica] ( Ducula aenea [aenea or paulina, incl. nicobarica])
Birdlife checklist version 07 (Jul 2014): Green Imperial-pigeon ( Ducula aenea) [version 2]
Birdlife checklist version 08 (Oct 2015): Green Imperial-pigeon ( Ducula aenea) [version 2]
Birdlife checklist version 09 (Dec 2016): Green Imperial-pigeon ( Ducula aenea) [version 2]
Birdlife checklist version 09.1 (Jun 2017): Green Imperial-pigeon ( Ducula aenea) [version 2]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v2 (Dec 2017): Green Imperial-pigeon ( Ducula aenea) [version 2]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v3 (Nov 2018): Green Imperial-pigeon ( Ducula aenea) [version 2]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v4 (Dec 2019): Green Imperial-pigeon ( Ducula aenea) [version 2]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v5 (Dec 2020): Green Imperial-pigeon ( Ducula aenea) [version 2]
Clements 1st edition: Green Imperial Pigeon ( Ducula aenea) [version 2]
Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (31/01/2015): Green Imperial-pigeon ( Ducula aenea) [version 2]
Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (03/07/2017): Green Imperial-pigeon ( Ducula aenea) [version 2]
Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2017): Green Imperial-pigeon ( Ducula aenea) [version 2]
Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2018): Green Imperial-pigeon ( Ducula aenea) [version 2]
Peters' Check-list of the Birds: Ducula aenea [version 2]
Peters' Check-list of the Birds (original): Ducula aenea [version 2]
Peters' Check-list of the Birds (2nd edition): Ducula aenea [version 2]

Taxonomic status:

Species status: species (alt)

This taxon is a subspecies of Ducula [aenea, oenothorax or nicobarica]

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Other synonyms

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