Island Imperial Pigeon (Ducula pistrinaria)
About the Island Imperial Pigeon
The island imperial pigeon or floury imperial pigeon (Ducula pistrinaria) is a species of bird in the family Columbidae. It is found in the Bismarck Archipelago and the Solomon Islands archipelago, living in primary and secondary forests and mangroves. The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) has assessed it as a least-concern species. This species was described by Charles Lucien Bonaparte in 1855. The following subspecies are recognised: Ducula pistrinaria rhodinolaema, D. p. vanwyckii, D. p. postrema and D. p. pistrinaria.
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We only publish recordings we may use commercially, because this site is supported by ads. xeno-canto lists 31 recordings for this species: 7 CC BY-NC-SA · 6 CC BY-NC-ND. None of them permits commercial use, so there is no player here — the page is kept as a profile so the bird is not missing from the guide.
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Listed as recorded in Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands in the xeno-canto catalogue.
Related species you can hear
- Green Imperial PigeonDucula aenearecording
- Timor Imperial PigeonDucula cineracearecording
This species has no recording here yet — these relatives do, so you can hear what the family sounds like.