Cinnamon-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. basilica |
Binomial name | |
Ducula basilica Bonaparte, 1854 |
Thecinnamon-bellied imperial pigeon orcinnamon imperial pigeon (Ducula basilica) is a species ofbird in the familyColumbidae. It isendemic to the northernMoluccas. Its naturalhabitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowlandforests.
The cinnamon-bellied imperial pigeon wasformally described in 1854 by the French naturalistCharles Lucien Bonaparte from a specimen collected in Gilolo nowHalmahera, the largest island in theMaluku Islands. He coined the currentbinomial nameDucula basilica.[2] The specific epithetbasilica is Latin for "magnificent" or "splendid".[3] The cinnamon-bellied imperial pigeon was at one time considered as asubspecies of thepurple-tailed imperial pigeon (Ducula rufigaster).[4]
Two subspecies are recognised:[5]
Some ornithologists treatD. b. obiensis as a separate species, therusty imperial pigeon (Ducula obiensis).[6]
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