Biology:Malabar imperial pigeon
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Short description: Species of bird
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| Malabar imperial pigeon | |
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| In Kalakkad Mundanthurai Tiger Reserve, Tamil Nadu, India | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Columbiformes |
| Family: | Columbidae |
| Genus: | Ducula |
| Species: | D. cuprea
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| Binomial name | |
| Ducula cuprea (Jerdon, 1840)
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The Malabar imperial pigeon or Nilgiri imperial pigeon (Ducula cuprea) is a species of bird in the family Columbidae. It is endemic to the Western Ghats of India .[1]
Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests. It previously was considered a subspecies of the mountain imperial pigeon.
References
Wikidata ☰ Q31873446 entry
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