Mountain imperial pigeon

Mountain imperial pigeon
Ducula badia insignis from Mahananda Wildlife Sanctuary, West Bengal, India
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Columbiformes
Family: Columbidae
Genus: Ducula
Species:
D. badia
Binomial name
Ducula badia
(Raffles, 1822)

The mountain imperial pigeon (Ducula badia), also known as the maroon-backed imperial pigeon or Hodgson's imperial pigeon, is a species of bird in the pigeon and dove family[2] with a wide range in southeastern Asia.

  1. ^ BirdLife International (2016). "Ducula badia". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22727856A94963684. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22727856A94963684.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
  2. ^ Ali, S. (1993). The Book of Indian Birds. Bombay: Bombay Natural History Society. ISBN 0-19-563731-3.