Polynesian imperial pigeon
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Ducula aurorae

The Polynesian imperial pigeon (Ducula aurorae ) is a species of bird in the family Columbidae. It is endemic to French Polynesia. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest and subtropical or tropical moist montane forest. It is threatened by habitat loss.

Appearance

This pigeon is approximately 51 cm tall. It is a large, knob-billed pigeon with broad rounded wings. Its plumage is silver-grey on its head and most of underparts with dark bronzy-green upperparts and black undertail-coverts.

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References

1. Polynesian imperial pigeon Wikipedia article - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polynesian_imperial_pigeon
2. Polynesian imperial pigeon on The IUCN Red List site - https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/22691668/118663538

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