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Ducula  Hodgson, 1836
Taxonomic Serial No.: 177360

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Genus  
  Synonym(s):    
  Common Name(s): Pacific Pigeons [English]
  
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: valid  
       
  Data Quality Indicators:    
  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
  Global Species Completeness: complete   
  Latest Record Review: 2020   
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomDeuterostomia   
          PhylumChordata  – cordés, cordado, chordates  
             SubphylumVertebrata  – vertebrado, vertébrés, vertebrates  
                InfraphylumGnathostomata   
                   SuperclassTetrapoda   
                      ClassAves  – Birds, oiseaux  
                         OrderColumbiformes  – Doves, colombes, pigeons, Pigeons  
                            FamilyColumbidae  – Doves, colombes, pigeons  
                               SubfamilyTreroninae   
                                  GenusDucula Hodgson, 1836 – Pacific Pigeons  
    Direct Children:  
                                     SpeciesDucula aenea (Linnaeus, 1766) – Green Imperial Pigeon 
                                     SpeciesDucula aurorae (Peale, 1849) – Polynesian Imperial Pigeon 
                                     SpeciesDucula badia (Raffles, 1822) – Mountain Imperial Pigeon 
                                     SpeciesDucula bakeri (Kinnear, 1928) – Vanuatu Imperial Pigeon 
                                     SpeciesDucula basilica Bonaparte, 1854 – Cinnamon Imperial Pigeon, Cinnamon-bellied Imperial Pigeon 
                                     SpeciesDucula bicolor (Scopoli, 1786) – Pied Imperial Pigeon 
                                     SpeciesDucula brenchleyi (G. R. Gray, 1870) – Chestnut-bellied Imperial Pigeon 
                                     SpeciesDucula carola (Bonaparte, 1854) – Spotted Imperial Pigeon 
                                     SpeciesDucula chalconota (Salvadori, 1874) – Shining Imperial Pigeon, Rufescent Imperial Pigeon 
                                     SpeciesDucula cineracea (Temminck, 1835) – Timor Imperial Pigeon 
                                     SpeciesDucula concinna (Wallace, 1865) – Elegant Imperial Pigeon 
                                     SpeciesDucula finschii (E. P. Ramsay, 1882) – Growling Imperial Pigeon, Finsch's Imperial Pigeon 
                                     SpeciesDucula forsteni (Bonaparte, 1854) – White-bellied Imperial Pigeon 
                                     SpeciesDucula galeata (Bonaparte, 1855) – Marquesan Imperial Pigeon 
                                     SpeciesDucula goliath (G. R. Gray, 1859) – Goliath Imperial Pigeon 
                                     SpeciesDucula lacernulata (Temminck, 1822) – Dark-backed Imperial Pigeon 
                                     SpeciesDucula latrans (Peale, 1849) – Barking Imperial Pigeon 
                                     SpeciesDucula luctuosa (Temminck, 1824) – Silver-tipped Imperial Pigeon 
                                     SpeciesDucula melanochroa (P. L. Sclater, 1878) – Black Imperial Pigeon 
                                     SpeciesDucula mindorensis (J. Whitehead, 1896) – Mindoro Zone-tailed Pigeon, Mindoro Imperial Pigeon 
                                     SpeciesDucula mullerii (Temminck, 1835) – Collared Imperial Pigeon 
                                     SpeciesDucula myristicivora (Scopoli, 1786) – Spice Imperial Pigeon 
                                     SpeciesDucula neglecta (Schlegel, 1866) – Seram Imperial Pigeon 
                                     SpeciesDucula nicobarica (Pelzeln, 1865) – Nicobar Imperial Pigeon 
                                     SpeciesDucula oceanica (Desmarest, 1826) – Micronesian Imperial Pigeon 
                                     SpeciesDucula pacifica (J. F. Gmelin, 1789) – Pacific Pigeon, Pacific Imperial Pigeon 
                                     SpeciesDucula perspicillata (Temminck, 1824) – Spectacled Imperial Pigeon 
                                     SpeciesDucula pickeringii (Cassin, 1855) – Grey Imperial Pigeon 
                                     SpeciesDucula pinon (Gaimard, 1823) – Pinon's Imperial Pigeon 
                                     SpeciesDucula pistrinaria Bonaparte, 1855 – Floury Imperial Pigeon, Island Imperial Pigeon 
                                     SpeciesDucula poliocephala (G. R. Gray, 1844) – Pink-bellied Imperial Pigeon 
                                     SpeciesDucula radiata (Quoy & Gaimard, 1832) – Grey-headed Imperial Pigeon 
                                     SpeciesDucula rosacea (Temminck, 1836) – Pink-headed Imperial Pigeon 
                                     SpeciesDucula rubricera (Bonaparte, 1854) – Red-knobbed Imperial Pigeon 
                                     SpeciesDucula rufigaster (Quoy & Gaimard, 1832) – Purple-tailed Imperial Pigeon 
                                     SpeciesDucula spilorrhoa (G. R. Gray, 1858) – Torresian Imperial Pigeon 
                                     SpeciesDucula subflavescens (Finsch, 1886) – Yellowish Imperial Pigeon 
                                     SpeciesDucula whartoni (Sharpe, 1887) – Christmas Imperial Pigeon 
                                     SpeciesDucula zoeae (Desmarest, 1826) – Zoe's Imperial Pigeon 
       

 References
       
  Expert(s):    
  Expert: Alan P. Peterson, M.D.   
  Notes: PO Box 1999 Walla Walla, Washington 99362-0999   
  Reference for: Ducula    
       
  Expert: Richard C. Banks   
  Notes: Chief, Bird Section, U.S.G.S. - B.R.D. - P.W.R.C.   
  Reference for: Ducula    
       
  Other Source(s):    
  Source: IOC World Bird List (v 10.1), website (version 10.1), website (version 10.1)  
  Acquired: 2020   
  Notes: Gill, F., and D. Donsker, eds. 2020. IOC World Bird List (v 10.1). Available at http://www.worldbirdnames.org [Accessed 01 April, 2020]   
  Reference for: Ducula   
       
  Source: NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)  
  Acquired: 1996   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Ducula   
       
  Source: Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource, 2020.04.03, website (version 03-Apr-20)  
  Acquired: 2020   
  Notes: Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource maintained by Alan P. Peterson at http://www.zoonomen.net   
  Reference for: Ducula   
       
  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Banks, R. C., R. W. McDiarmid, and A. L. Gardner   
  Publication Date: 1987   
  Article/Chapter Title: Checklist of Vertebrates of the United States, the U.S. Territories, and Canada   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Resource Publication, no. 166   
  Page(s): 79   
  Publisher: United States Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service   
  Publication Place: Washington, D.C., USA   
  ISBN/ISSN:    
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Ducula   
       

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