Pigeons and Doves (Columbidae)

Pink-bellied Imperial-pigeon (Ducula poliocephala) - HBW 4, p. 227

French: Carpophage à ventre rose German: Graukopf-Fruchttaube Spanish: Dúcula Ventrirrosa
Other common names: (Philippine) Zone-tailed Pigeon

Taxonomy: Carpophaga poliocephala G. R. Gray and Mitchell, 1844, Luzon, Philippines.
Forms superspecies with D. forsteni, with which sometimes considered conspecific; also closely related to D. mindorensis and D. radiata; this species-group may form a link between Ptilinopus fruit-doves and other imperial-pigeons. Monotypic.

Distribution: Philippines, on Luzon, Catan­duanes, Mindoro, Sibuyan, Masbate, Samar, Panay, Negros, Cebu, Bohol, Leyte, Dinagat, Mindanao, Basilan and Tawitawi.