Pigeons and Doves (Columbidae)
Purple-tailed Imperial-pigeon (Ducula rufigaster) - HBW 4, p. 233
French: Carpophage à ventre roux
German: Rostbauch-Fruchttaube
Spanish: Dúcula Ventrirrufa
Other common names: (Cinnamon) Rufous-bellied/Red-breasted/Purple-tailed Fruit-pigeon, Rufous-breasted Imperial-pigeon
Taxonomy: Columba rufigaster Quoy and Gaimard, 1830, Manokwari, New Guinea.
Forms a superspecies with D. basilica and D. finschii, with both of which present species is sometimes considered conspecific; also closely allied to D. chalconota, which some authors include in this superspecies. Two subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- rufigaster (Quoy & Gaimard, 1830) - W Papuan Is, Vogelkop and S New Guinea E to Orangerie Bay.
- uropygialis Stresemann & Paludan, 1932 - Yapen I and N New Guinea E to Huon Gulf.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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Two perched birds, preening Locality Hong Kong Zoo, Hong Kong
Josep del Hoyo 27 April 2002 5 years ago 19 sec 4.4
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A perched adult bird.
Locality Taja, Jayapura Regency, West Papua (Indonesia), New Guinea (ssp uropygialis)
mehdhalaouate 9 September 2007 2 years ago 3.7 -
A bird perched
Locality London Zoo, London, England, Great Britain
Jonathan Beilby 1 February 2009 3 years ago 2
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