Christmas Imperial Pigeon
Photo · John Gerrard Keulemans

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Christmas Imperial Pigeon

Ducula whartoni(Sharpe, 1887)

Native
Order
COLUMBIFORMES
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.

  1. Jan
  2. Feb
  3. Mar
  4. Apr
  5. May
  6. Jun
  7. Jul
  8. Aug
  9. Sep
  10. Oct
  11. Nov
  12. Dec

05 · Behaviour

Habits and haunts

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