Marquesan Imperial Pigeon

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iMarquesan Imperial Pigeon

Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Columbiformes
Family: Columbidae
Genus: Ducula
Species: D. galeata
Binomial name
Ducula galeata
(Bonaparte, 1855)

The Marquesan Imperial Pigeon or Nukuhiva Pigeon (Ducula galeata) is a pigeon which is endemic to Nuku Hiva in the Marquesas Islands, French Polynesia. Only found in some valleys in the Western part of the island.


This bird is critically endangered, with an estimated population of less than 150.

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  • BirdLife International (2004). Ducula galeata. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN 2006. Retrieved on 11 May 2006. Database entry includes justification for why this species is critically endangered

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