Christmas Island Imperial-Pigeon Ducula whartoni Scientific name definitions
- LC Least Concern
- Names (19)
- Monotypic
Luis F. Baptista, Pepper W. Trail, H. M. Horblit, Peter F. D. Boesman, and Ernest Garcia
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated February 13, 2019
Text last updated February 13, 2019
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Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Catalan | colom imperial de Christmas |
| Czech | holub vánoční |
| Dutch | Whartonmuskaatduif |
| English | Christmas Island Imperial-Pigeon |
| English (United States) | Christmas Island Imperial-Pigeon |
| French | Carpophage de Wharton |
| French (France) | Carpophage de Wharton |
| German | Weihnachtsinsel-Fruchttaube |
| Japanese | クリスマスミカドバト |
| Norwegian | raggkeiserdue |
| Polish | muszkatela ciemna |
| Russian | Рождественский плодовый голубь |
| Serbian | Imperijalni golub sa Božićnog ostrva |
| Slovak | plodožer tmavý |
| Spanish | Dúcula de Isla de Navidad |
| Spanish (Spain) | Dúcula de Isla de Navidad |
| Swedish | julökejsarduva |
| Turkish | Kurşuni Has Güvercin |
| Ukrainian | Пінон пурпуровий |
Ducula whartoni (Sharpe, 1887)
PROTONYM:
Carpophaga whartoni
Sharpe, 1887. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1887, Part 3, no.34, p.515 pl.43.
TYPE LOCALITY:
Christmas Island.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2023
Definitions
- DUCULA
- whartoni
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UPPERCASE: current genus
Uppercase first letter: generic synonym
● and ● See: generic homonyms
lowercase: species and subspecies
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‡: extinct
†: type species
Gr.: ancient Greek
L.: Latin
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TL: type locality
OD: original diagnosis (genus) or original description (species)
Originally Appeared in
- Year-round
- Migration
- Breeding
- Non-Breeding
Distribution of the Christmas Island Imperial-Pigeon
