Pigeons and Doves (Columbidae)

Mindoro Imperial-pigeon (Ducula mindorensis) - HBW 4, p. 228

French: Carpophage de Mindoro German: Mindorofruchttaube Spanish: Dúcula de Mindoro
Other common names: Mindoro (Zone-tailed) Pigeon, Great Mindoro Fruit-pigeon, Pink-throated Imperial-pigeon

Taxonomy: Carpophaga mindorensis Whitehead, 1896, highlands of Mindoro.
Forms superspecies with D. radiata, with which sometimes considered conspecific; also closely related to D. poliocephala and D. forsteni; this species-group may form a link between Ptilinopus fruit-doves and other imperial-pigeons. Monotypic.

Distribution: Mindoro (NC Philippines).