Pigeons and Doves (Columbidae)
Mountain Imperial-pigeon (Ducula badia) - HBW 4, p. 239
French: Carpophage à manteau brun
German: Fahlbauch-Fruchttaube
Spanish: Dúcula Dorsicastaña
Other common names: Hodgson’s/Jerdon’s/Bronze-backed/Grey-headed(!)/Band-tailed Imperial-pigeon
Taxonomy: Columba badia Raffles, 1822, Bengkulu, west Sumatra.
Probably forms a superspecies with D. lacernulata and D. cineracea, although ranges of present species and D. lacernulata overlap in W Java. Four subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- cuprea (Jerdon, 1840) - Western Ghats (SW India) from Goa and NW Karnataka S to Kerala.
- insignis Hodgson, 1836 - W Nepal, Sikkim and Bhutan E to Khasia Hills and R Brahmaputra.
- griseicapilla Walden, 1875 - Myanmar (to N Tennasserim) and Thailand E to SC China (SW Yunnan, Hainan), and S to Laos, Vietnam and Cambodia.
- badia (Raffles, 1822) - S Tenasserim and Mergui Archipelago S through Malay Peninsula to Sumatra, Borneo and W Java.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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Two birds mating Locality Fraser's Hill, Pahang, Peninsular Malaysia
Juan Sanabria 1 August 2010 1 year ago 36 sec 3.7 -
An adult perched and then flying away Locality Mount Kinabalu National Park, Sabah (Malaysia), Borneo (ssp badia)
Greg Baker 21 April 2003 37 weeks ago 23 sec 3.5 -
A bird feeding on fruits in a tree Locality Fraser's Hill, Pahang, Peninsular Malaysia (ssp badia)
Tom Tarrant 31 August 1997 7 years ago 29 sec 3.4 -
A bird on a branch 2 Locality Munnar, Kerala, India
Juan Sanabria 1 August 2008 3 years ago 11 sec 3.3 -
A bird on a branch Locality Munnar, Kerala, India
Juan Sanabria 1 August 2008 3 years ago 15 sec 3 -
Three birds in a tree, resting and preening Locality Khao Yai National Park, North Eastern Thailand, Thailand (ssp griseicapilla)
Josep del Hoyo 19 November 2004 6 years ago 38 sec 3
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Facing adult on a branch
Locality Kaeng Krachan National Park, Western Thailand, Thailand (ssp grise1capilla)
Alain Fossé 16 February 2007 2 years ago 4 -
Enjoying the dawn.
Locality Panoen Tong Campsite, Kaeng Krachan National Park, Western Thailand, Thailand
Edward Smith 14 February 2011 40 weeks ago 3.3 -
Bird in a tree
Locality Doi Chiang Dao National Park, North Western Thailand, Thailand (ssp griseicapilla)
Alain Fossé 25 February 2007 2 years ago 3 -
A bird perched.
Locality Kadra, Anshi National Park, Karnataka, India (ssp cuprea)
jayaram jahgirdar 26 December 2008 3 years ago 3 -
sat in a tree
Locality Fraser's Hill, Pahang, Peninsular Malaysia
Stuart Gray 9 June 2009 1 year ago 2.5
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An individual calling. Locality Dak Dam, Mondulkiri Province, Cambodia
(ssp griseicapilla)
Josep del Hoyo 14 March 2011 35 weeks ago 3.7
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