Chestnut-bellied imperial pigeon

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Chestnut-bellied imperial pigeon
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Dinosauria
Class: Aves
Order: Columbiformes
Family: Columbidae
Genus: Ducula
Species:
D. brenchleyi
Binomial name
Ducula brenchleyi
(Gray, GR, 1870)

The chestnut-bellied imperial pigeon (Ducula brenchleyi) is a species of bird in the family Columbidae. It is endemic to the southern Solomon Islands.

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]

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References

  1. 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.
  2. 1 2 Baptista, Luis F.; Trail, Pepper W.; Horblit, H.M.; Boesman, Peter F. D.; Garcia, Ernest (2020-03-04), "Chestnut-bellied Imperial-Pigeon (Ducula brenchleyi)", Birds of the World, Cornell Lab of Ornithology, retrieved 2023-08-21