Ducula bicolor

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Overview

Threatened

Interesting Facts

Common Names

Description

Habitat

Nests on off-shore islands, spends the day in coastal forests , mangrove and coconut plantaions on larger islands and continents.

Ecology: List of Habitats : 1.7 Forest - Subtropical/Tropical Mangrove Vegetation Above High Tide Level

Biology

Diet

Fruit, especially the fruit of nutmeg trees .

Behavior

Highly nomadic. Will travel long distances from its sleeping and nesting sites to forests to feed .

Taxonomy

Notes

Name Status: Accepted Name . Latest taxonomic scrutiny: October 17, 2001.

Similar Species

Members of the genus Ducula

ZipcodeZoo has pages for 110 species and subspecies in this genus. Here are just 100 of them:

D. aenea (Green Imperial-Pigeon) · D. aenea aenea (Green Imperial-Pigeon) · D. aenea andamanica · D. aenea consobrina · D. aenea fugaensis · D. aenea intercedens · D. aenea intermedia · D. aenea nicobarica · D. aenea nuchalis · D. aenea oenothorax · D. aenea palawanensis · D. aenea paulina · D. aenea polia · D. aenea pusilla · D. aenea sylvatica · D. aurorae (Polynesian Imperial-Pigeon) · D. aurorae aurorae · D. aurorae wilkesii · D. badia (Mountain Imperial-Pigeon) · D. badia badia · D. badia cuprea · D. badia griseicapilla · D. badia insignis · D. bakeri (BakerÌs Imperial-Pigeon) · D. basilica (Moluccan Rufous-Bellied Fruit Pigeon) · D. basilica basilica (Moluccan Rufous-Bellied Fruit Pigeon) · D. basilica obiensis · D. bicolor (Torres Strait Imperial-Pigeon) · D. bicolor bicolor · D. bicolor luctuosa · D. bicolor melanura · D. bicolor spilorrhoa · D. bicolor subflavescens · D. brenchleyi (Chestnut-Bellied Imperial-Pigeon) · D. carola (Grey-Necked Fruit Pigeon) · D. carola carola (Grey-Necked Fruit Pigeon) · D. carola mindanensis · D. carola nigrorum · D. chalconota (Mountain Rufous-Bellied Fruit Pigeon) · D. chalconota chalconota (Mountain Rufous-Bellied Fruit Pigeon) · D. chalconota smaragdina · D. cineracea (Timor Imperial-Pigeon) · D. concinna (Blue-Tailed Imperial Pigeon) · D. concinna aru · D. concinna concinna (Blue-Tailed Imperial Pigeon) · D. concolor · D. constans · D. david · D. finschii (Finsch's Rufous-Bellied Fruit Pigeon) · D. forsteni (Green & Amp; White Zone-Tailed Pigeon) · D. galeata (Marquesan Imperial-Pigeon) · D. goliath (New Caledonian Imperial-Pigeon) · D. griseicapilla · D. insignis · D. lacernulata (Dark-Backed Imperial-Pigeon) · D. lacernulata lacernulata (Dark-Backed Imperial-Pigeon) · D. lacernulata sasakensis · D. lacernulata williami · D. latrans (PealeÌs Imperial-Pigeon) · D. luctuosa · D. melanochroa (Bismarck Imperial-Pigeon) · D. melanura · D. mindorensis (Mindoro Zone-Tailed Pigeon) · D. mullerii (Black-Collared Fruit Pigeon) · D. mullerii aurantia · D. mullerii mullerii (Black-Collared Fruit Pigeon) · D. myristicivora (Spice Imperial-Pigeon) · D. myristicivora geelvinkiana · D. myristicivora myristicivora (Spice Imperial Pigeon) · D. oceanica (Micronesian Imperial-Pigeon) · D. oceanica monacha · D. oceanica oceanica · D. oceanica ratakensis · D. oceanica teraokai · D. oceanica townsendi · D. oenothorax · D. pacifica (Pacific Imperial-Pigeon) · D. pacifica intensitincta · D. pacifica microcera · D. pacifica pacifica (Pacific Imperial Pigeon) · D. pacifica sejuncta · D. perspicillata (White-Eyed Imperial-Pigeon) · D. perspicillata neglecta · D. perspicillata perspicillata (White-Eyed Imperial-Pigeon) · D. pickeringii (Grey Imperial-Pigeon) · D. pinon (Pinon Imperial-Pigeon) · D. pinon jobiensis · D. pinon pinon (Pinon Imperial-Pigeon) · D. pinon salvadorii · D. pistrinaria (Island Imperial-Pigeon) · D. pistrinaria pistrinaria (Island Imperial Pigeon) · D. pistrinaria postrema · D. pistrinaria rhodinolaema · D. pistrinaria vanwyckii · D. poliocephala (Philippine Zone-Tailed Pigeon) · D. poliocephala noblilis · D. radiata (Grey-Headed Zone-Tailed Pigeon) · D. rosacea (Pink-Headed Imperial-Pigeon) · D. rubricera (Red-Knobbed Imperial-Pigeon) · D. rubricera rubricera (Red-Knobbed Imperial-Pigeon)

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Further Reading

• BirdLife International. 2000. Threatened Birds of the World. Lynx Edicions and BirdLife International, Barcelona, Spain and Cambridge, U.K.
• BirdLife International. 2004 Threatened Birds of the World 2004. CD-ROM. BirdLife International, Cambridge, U.K.
• BirdLife International. 2005. Threatened Birds of the World 2005. Downloaded from http://www.birdlife.org on 30/04/2005.
• Birds of the Philippine Islands: Siquijor, Mount Malindang, Bohol, and Samar / Austin L. Rand and Dioscoro S. Rabor. Chicago: Chicago Natural History Museum, 1960. ENG url p. 236, p. 247.
• Bulletin - United States National Museum. Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press, [etc.];1877-1971. ENG url p. 110, p. 49.
• Bulletin / Peabody Museum of Natural History. New Haven: The Museum, ENG url p. 27, p. 9.
• Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History). London: BM(NH) ENG url p. 15, p. 456.
• Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College. Cambridge, Mass.: The Museum, ENG url p. 416.
• Postilla. New Haven, Peabody Museum of Natural History, 1950-2004. ENG url p. 3.
• The birds of Sibuyan Island, Romblon Province, Philippines: with particular reference to elevational distribution and biogeographic affinities / Steven M. Goodman, David E. Willard, Pedro C. Gonzales. [Chicago, Ill.]: Field Museum of Natural History, c1995. ENG url p. 21, p. 38, p. 42, p. 45, p. 48.

Notes

Contributors

• BirdLife International 2004. Ducula subflavescens. In: IUCN 2006. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. and lt;www.iucnredlist.org and gt;. Downloaded on 21 October 2006.
• BirdLife International 2004. In IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCNRedList.org. Downloaded July 18, 2008.
• BirdLife International 2005. Ducula spilorrhoa. In: IUCN 2006. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. and lt;www.iucnredlist.org and gt;. Downloaded on 21 October 2006.
• Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-2006. Systema Naturae 2000. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Accessed October 3, 2006.
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed November 26, 2007. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 8 providers.
• Peterson, Alan P. Zoological Nomenclature Resource. Accessed June 19, 2009.

Data Sources

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal November 26, 2007:

• Museum of Vertebrate Zoology, Terrestrial vertebrate specimens
• National Chemical Laboratory, IndOBIS, Indian Ocean Node of OBIS
• OZCAM
• Provider, Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums

Identifiers

• Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 3852478
• Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-177391 ITS-559834 ITS-559832 ITS
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 13852049
• Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 177391
• IUCN ID: 48889
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 148113

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