BirdUp · Species
Christmas Imperial Pigeon
Ducula whartoni(Sharpe, 1887)
- Order
- COLUMBIFORMES
- Family
- Columbidae
- Genus
- Ducula
- Commonness
- Restricted
- Best seen
- Summer
01 · Identification
How to tell it apart
The Christmas imperial pigeon or Christmas Island imperial pigeon, also known as Black imperial pigeon, Dusky imperial pigeon, Wharton's imperial pigeon, or burong pergam, is a large imperial pigeon endemic to Christmas Island in the northeastern Indian Ocean. It has an overall grey-blue colouration, and juveniles are duller than adults. It makes a soft purring coo sound and a deeper whoo sound comparable to a cow mooing. It lays one glossy white egg per brood, and is possibly somewhat colonial.
Description · wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0
02 · Where
Where to find it
- Breeding range
- Christmas I. (south of west Java)
03 · When
When to look
Months this species is recorded across its Australian range.
- Jan
- Feb
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- May
- Jun
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- Oct
- Nov
- Dec
05 · Behaviour
Habits and haunts
06 · Gallery
Plumage up close
3 photos
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