Spectacled imperial pigeon

The spectacled imperial pigeon (Ducula perspicillata) is a species of bird in the family Columbidae. It is endemic to the Maluku Islands.

Spectacled imperial pigeon
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Dinosauria
Class: Aves
Order: Columbiformes
Family: Columbidae
Genus: Ducula
Species:
D. perspicillata
Binomial name
Ducula perspicillata
(Temminck, 1824)

Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest and subtropical or tropical mangrove forest, especially recently disturbed forests.[2]

Taxonomy and systematics

The spectacled imperial pigeon is a species in the large genus of imperial pigeons, Ducula. Within the genus, it is most closely related to the Seram imperial pigeon, with which it is sometimes considered conspecific. These two species form a species group with the green imperial pigeon and elegant imperial pigeon.[3]

The species' generic name comes from the Neo-Latin ducula (duke), while the specific epithet perspicillata is from the Modern Latin perspicillata (spectacled), derived the Latin perspicillum (lens), which is itself from the Latin perspicere (to see through).[4] Alternative names for the orange fruit dove include white-eyed imperial pigeon, white-spectacled imperial pigeon, and Moluccan imperial pigeon.[5]

It is monotypic. However, the Seram imperial pigeon is sometimes considered to be a subspecies of this species.

References
  1. BirdLife International (2016). "Ducula perspicillata". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T45447765A95155332. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T45447765A95155332.en. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
  2. Marsden, Stuart J.; Jones, Martin J.; Linsley, Mark D.; Mead, Claire; Hounsome, Mike V. (September 1997). "The conservation status of the restricted-range lowland birds of Buru, Indonesia". Bird Conservation International. 7 (3): 213–233. doi:10.1017/s0959270900001544. ISSN 0959-2709.
  3. Baptista, Luis F.; Trail, Pepper W.; Horblit, H. M.; Kirwan, Guy M.; Garcia, Ernest (2020-03-04). "Spectacled Imperial-Pigeon (Ducula perspicillata)". Birds of the World.
  4. Jobling, James A. (2010). Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names. Christopher Helm. pp. 141, 299. ISBN 978-1-4081-3326-2.
  5. Gibbs & Barnes 2010, p. 536.

Cited text
  • Gibbs, David; Barnes, Eustace (2010). Pigeons and Doves: A Guide to Pigeons and Doves of the World. Christopher Helm. ISBN 978-1-4081-3555-6.


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