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The green imperial-pigeon (Ducula aenea) belongs to the family Columbidae under the order Columbiformes.
Green imperial-pigeon taxonomy
The Columbidae is the family of doves and pigeons. It comprises about 42 genera and 310 species. The family Columbidae was first described by William Elford Leach, MD, FRS (2 February 1791 – 25 August 1836), an English zoologist and marine biologist, in a guide to the contents of the British Museum published in 1820.The Columbidae comprises three subfamilies, viz., Columbinae, Claravinae and Raphinae. The subfamily Raphinae contains about 27 extant genera, including genus Ducula.
The genus Ducula was first described by Brian Houghton (1 February 1800 – 23 May 1894), a naturalist and ethnologist, in the year 1836. The Ducula comprises about 40 species, including Ducula aenea.
The species Ducula aenea was first described by Carl Linnaeus (23 May 1707 – 10 January 1778), a Swedish botanist, physician and zoologist in the year 1766. The species D. aenea is polytypic and comprises twelve subspecies.
| Taxonomic classification | |
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| Binomial name: | Ducula aenea |
| Species: | D. aenea |
| Genus: | Ducula |
| Subfamily: | - |
| Family: | Columbidae |
| Order: | Columbiformes |
| Class: | Aves |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
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| 1.Green imperial pigeon - Ducula aenea 329 Image by cuatrok77 |
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| 2.Green imperial pigeon - Ducula aenea Image by DickDaniels |
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| 3.Green imperial pigeon - Ducula aenea Image by Lip Kee |
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| 4.Green imperial pigeon - Ducula aenea Image by Lip Kee |
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| 5.Green imperial pigeon - Ducula aenea Image by cuatrok77 |
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| 6.Green imperial pigeon - Ducula aenea Image by cuatrok77 |
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| 7.Green imperial pigeon - Ducula aenea Image by Anirnoy |
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| 8.Ducula aenea Image by DickDaniels |
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| 9.Ducula aenea Image by Earthshine.. |
1.Image source: https://www.flickr.com/photos/cuatrok77/11567444633/in/photostream/ (cropped)
Author: cuatrok77 | License: CC BY-SA 2.0 as on 5/2/18
2.Image source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Green_Imperial_Pigeon_RWD5a.jpg (cropped)
Author: DickDaniels | License: CC BY-SA 3.0 as on 5/2/18
3.Image source: https://www.flickr.com/photos/lipkee/19852171312/in/photostream/ (cropped)
Author: Lip Kee | License: CC BY-SA 2.0 as on 5/2/18
4.Image source: https://www.flickr.com/photos/lipkee/19671561700/in/photostream/ (cropped)
Author: Lip Kee | License: CC BY-SA 2.0 as on 5/2/18
5.Image source: https://www.flickr.com/photos/cuatrok77/11567376464/in/photostream/ (cropped)
Author: cuatrok77 | License: CC BY-SA 2.0 as on 5/2/18
6.Image source: https://www.flickr.com/photos/cuatrok77/8553610544/ (cropped)
Author: cuatrok77 | License: CC BY-SA 2.0 as on 5/2/18
7.Image source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/ (cropped)
Author: Anirnoy | License: CC BY-SA 4.0 as on 5/2/18
8.Image source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Green_Imperial_Pigeon_RWD5n.jpg (cropped)
Author: DickDaniels | License: CC BY-SA 3.0 as on 5/2/18
9.Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:DuculaAenea.JPG (cropped)
Author: Earthshine.. | License: CC BY 3.0 as on 5/2/18
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