The cinnamon-bellied imperial pigeon or cinnamon imperial pigeon (Ducula basilica) is a species of bird in the family Columbidae. It is endemic to the northern Moluccas. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Columbiformes |
| Family: | Columbidae |
| Genus: | Ducula |
| Species: | D. basilica
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| Ducula basilica Bonaparte, 1854
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The cinnamon-bellied imperial pigeon was formally described in 1854 by the French naturalist Charles Lucien Bonaparte from a specimen collected in Gilolo now Halmahera, the largest island in the Maluku Islands. He coined the current binomial name Ducula basilica.[2] The specific epithet basilica is Latin for "magnificent" or "splendid".[3] The cinnamon-bellied imperial pigeon was at one time considered as a subspecies of the purple-tailed imperial pigeon (Ducula rufigaster).[4]
Two subspecies are recognised:[5]
- D. b. basilica Bonaparte, 1854 – north Maluku Islands
- D. b. obiensis (Hartert, 1898) – Obi Islands (central Maluku Islands)
Some ornithologists treat D. b. obiensis as a separate species, the rusty imperial pigeon (Ducula obiensis).[6]
References
edit- ^ BirdLife International (2016). "Ducula basilica". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22725292A94889545. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22725292A94889545.en. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
- ^ Bonaparte, Charles Lucien (1854). "Coup d'oeil sur les pigeons (troisième partie)". Comptes Rendus Hebdomadaires des Séances de l'Académie des Sciences (in French). 39: 1102–1112 [1076].
- ^ Jobling, James A. (2010). The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names. London: Christopher Helm. p. 68. ISBN 978-1-4081-2501-4.
- ^ Peters, James Lee, ed. (1937). Check-list of Birds of the World. Vol. 3. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press. p. 53.
- ^ Gill, Frank; Donsker, David; Rasmussen, Pamela, eds. (2020). "Pigeons". IOC World Bird List Version 10.1. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 13 March 2020.
- ^ del Hoyo, J.; Collar, N.; Kirwan, G.M.; Garcia, E.F.J. (2020). del Hoyo, J.; Elliott, A.; Sargatal, J.; Christie, D.A.; de Juana, E. (eds.). "Rusty Imperial-pigeon (Ducula obiensis)". Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive. Lynx Edicions. Retrieved 13 March 2020.
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