White Imperial-pigeon
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The Silver-tipped Imperial Pigeon (Ducula luctuosa), also known as the White-tipped Imperial-pigeon, is a relatively large species of bird
in the Columbidae family. It is endemic to forest, woodland and mangrove on Sulawesi
and smaller nearby islands. It has sometimes been considered a subspecies
of the Pied Imperial Pigeon, but has a yellowish tip to the bill, black spotting near the vent, and silvery-grey remiges.
Bird
Birds are feathered, winged, bipedal, endothermic , egg-laying, vertebrate animals. Around 10,000 living species and 188 families makes them the most speciose class of tetrapod vertebrates. They inhabit ecosystems across the globe, from the Arctic to the Antarctic. Extant birds range in size from...
in the Columbidae family. It is endemic to forest, woodland and mangrove on Sulawesi
Sulawesi
Sulawesi is one of the four larger Sunda Islands of Indonesia and is situated between Borneo and the Maluku Islands. In Indonesia, only Sumatra, Borneo, and Papua are larger in territory, and only Java and Sumatra have larger Indonesian populations.- Etymology :The Portuguese were the first to...
and smaller nearby islands. It has sometimes been considered a subspecies
Subspecies
Subspecies in biological classification, is either a taxonomic rank subordinate to species, ora taxonomic unit in that rank . A subspecies cannot be recognized in isolation: a species will either be recognized as having no subspecies at all or two or more, never just one...
of the Pied Imperial Pigeon, but has a yellowish tip to the bill, black spotting near the vent, and silvery-grey remiges.