| Nuku Hiva imperial pigeon | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Columbiformes |
| Family: | Columbidae |
| Genus: | Ducula |
| Species: | D. galeata
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| Binomial name | |
| Ducula galeata (Bonaparte, 1855)
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The Nuku Hiva imperial pigeon (Ducula galeata), also known as the Marquesan imperial pigeon or Upe,[2] is a pigeon which is endemic to Nuku Hiva in the Marquesas Islands of French Polynesia. This pigeon is only found in some valleys in the western part of that island.
- ^ BirdLife International (2016). "Ducula galeata". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22691674A93320826. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22691674A93320826.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
- ^ Blanvillian, C.; Thorsen, M.; Suplice, R. "The 'Upe' Flies Again Over Ua Huka". Ornithological Society of Polynesia. Archived from the original on 16 April 2013. Retrieved 4 February 2013.