Vanuatu imperial pigeon
Vanuatu imperial pigeon | |
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Conservation status | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Columbiformes |
Family: | Columbidae |
Genus: | Ducula |
Species: | D. bakeri |
Binomial name | |
Ducula bakeri (Kinnear, 1928) | |
The Vanuatu imperial pigeon (Ducula bakeri) is a species of bird in the Columbidae family. It is endemic to Vanuatu.
Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests. It is threatened by habitat loss.
The binomial of this bird commemorates the British zoologist John Randal Baker.
References
- ↑ BirdLife International (2012). "Ducula bakeri". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 26 November 2013.