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{{Short description|Species of bird}}
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| name = Yellowish imperial pigeon
| name = Yellowish imperial pigeon
| image =
| image =
| status = NT
| status = NT
| status_system = IUCN3.1
| status_system = IUCN3.1
| status_ref = <ref>{{IUCN|id=22691828 |title=''Ducula subflavescens'' |assessors=[[BirdLife International]] |version=2013.2 |year=2012 |accessdate=26 November 2013}}</ref>
| status_ref = <ref name="iucn status 13 November 2021">{{cite iucn |author=BirdLife International |date=2016 |title=''Ducula subflavescens'' |volume=2016 |page=e.T22691828A93325548 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22691828A93325548.en |access-date=13 November 2021}}</ref>
| regnum = [[Animalia]]
| genus = Ducula
| species = subflavescens
| phylum = [[Chordata]]
| classis = [[Aves]]
| authority = ([[Otto Finsch|Finsch]], 1886)
| synonyms =
| ordo = [[Columbiformes]]
}}
| familia = [[Columbidae]]
| genus = ''[[Ducula]]''
| species = '''''D. subflavescens'''''
| binomial = ''Ducula subflavescens''
| binomial_authority = ([[Otto Finsch|Finsch]], 1886)
| synonyms = }}


The '''yellowish imperial pigeon''' (''Ducula subflavescens''), also known as the '''yellow-tinted imperial pigeon''' or '''Bismarck imperial pigeon''' (leading to easy confusion with ''[[Ducula melanochroa|D. melanochroa]]''), is a relatively large species of [[bird]] in the family [[Columbidae]]. It is [[endemic]] to forest and woodland in the [[Bismarck Archipelago]]. It is threatened by [[habitat loss]].
The '''yellowish imperial pigeon''' ('''''Ducula subflavescens'''''), also known as the '''yellow-tinted imperial pigeon''' or '''Bismarck imperial pigeon''' (leading to easy confusion with ''[[Ducula melanochroa|D. melanochroa]]''), is a relatively large species of [[bird]] in the family [[Columbidae]]. It is [[endemic]] to forest and woodland in the [[Bismarck Archipelago]]. It is threatened by [[habitat loss]].


It is often considered a [[subspecies]] of the [[Torresian imperial pigeon]] (which in turn sometimes is considered a subspecies of the [[pied imperial pigeon]]), but is increasingly treated as a separate species. It resembles the Torresian imperial pigeon, but has a distinctly yellow-tinged [[plumage]] and a bluish base to the bill.
It is often considered a [[subspecies]] of the [[Torresian imperial pigeon]] (which in turn sometimes is considered a subspecies of the [[pied imperial pigeon]]), but is increasingly treated as a separate species. It resembles the Torresian imperial pigeon, but has a distinctly yellow-tinged [[plumage]] and a bluish base to the bill.
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==References==
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[[Category:Ducula]]
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[[Category:Birds of Papua New Guinea]]
[[Category:Birds of the Bismarck Archipelago]]
[[Category:Taxonomy articles created by Polbot]]
[[Category:Birds described in 1886]]





Latest revision as of 13:27, 10 November 2022

Yellowish imperial pigeon
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Columbiformes
Family: Columbidae
Genus: Ducula
Species:
D. subflavescens
Binomial name
Ducula subflavescens
(Finsch, 1886)

The yellowish imperial pigeon (Ducula subflavescens), also known as the yellow-tinted imperial pigeon or Bismarck imperial pigeon (leading to easy confusion with D. melanochroa), is a relatively large species of bird in the family Columbidae. It is endemic to forest and woodland in the Bismarck Archipelago. It is threatened by habitat loss.

It is often considered a subspecies of the Torresian imperial pigeon (which in turn sometimes is considered a subspecies of the pied imperial pigeon), but is increasingly treated as a separate species. It resembles the Torresian imperial pigeon, but has a distinctly yellow-tinged plumage and a bluish base to the bill.

References[edit]

  1. ^ BirdLife International (2016). "Ducula subflavescens". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22691828A93325548. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22691828A93325548.en. Retrieved 13 November 2021.