The chestnut-bellied imperial pigeon (Ducula brenchleyi) is a species of bird in the family Columbidae. It is endemic to the southern Solomon Islands.
Chestnut-bellied imperial pigeon | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Columbiformes |
Family: | Columbidae |
Genus: | Ducula |
Species: | D. brenchleyi
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Binomial name | |
Ducula brenchleyi (Gray, GR, 1870)
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Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests, predominantly at elevations of 200-700 meters—though is now confined to higher elevations in many regions due to deforestation.[2] It is threatened by habitat loss.
It feeds primarily on banyan figs.[2]
References
edit- ^ BirdLife International (2021). "Ducula brenchleyi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2021: e.T22691744A196153100. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-3.RLTS.T22691744A196153100.en. Retrieved 1 January 2022.
- ^ a b Baptista, Luis F.; Trail, Pepper W.; Horblit, H.M.; Boesman, Peter F. D.; Garcia, Ernest (2020-03-04), Del Hoyo, Josep; Elliott, Andrew; Sargatal, Jordi; Christie, David; De Juana, Eduardo (eds.), "Chestnut-bellied Imperial-Pigeon (Ducula brenchleyi)", Birds of the World, Cornell Lab of Ornithology, doi:10.2173/bow.cbipig1.01, retrieved 2023-08-21
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