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Ducula (imperial pigeon)

Reptilia - Columbiformes - Columbidae

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1835Carpophaga Selby
1836Ducula Hodgson
1855Serresius Bonaparte
2013Ducula Meijer et al. p. 886
2014Ducula del Hoyo et al.
2017Ducula Clements et al.
2019Ducula Worthy and Burley

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
—Romeriida
—Diapsida()
—Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
—Crocopoda
—ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
—Eucrocopoda
RankNameAuthor
—Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
—Ornithodira
—Dinosauromorpha
—Dinosauriformes
—Dinosauria()
—Theropoda()
—Neotheropoda
—AverostraPaul 2002
—Tetanurae
—Coelurosauria()
—Maniraptora
—Paraves
classAves
subclassNeornithesGadow 1893
—Neognathae(Pycraft 1900)
—NeoavesSibley et al. 1988
—Terrestrornithes
—Dendrornithes
—AnomalogonatesGarrod 1874
—CoccygesHuxley 1867
superorderPsittacimorphae
orderColumbiformesLatham 1790
familyColumbidae
genusDuculaHodgson 1836

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. Ducula Hodgson 1836 [imperial pigeon]
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Ducula aenea Linnaeus 1766 [Green imperial-pigeon]
Ducula aurorae Peale 1848 [Polynesian imperial-pigeon]
†Ducula david Balouet and Olson 1987 [Steadman's imperial-pigeon]
Ducula galeata Bonaparte 1855 [Marquesas imperial-pigeon]
Ducula goliath Gray 1859 [New Caledonian imperial-pigeon]
†Ducula harrisoni Wragg and Worthy 2006
†Ducula lakeba Worthy 2001 [Lakeba imperial-pigeon]
Ducula latrans Peale 1848 [Peale's imperial-pigeon]
Ducula oceanica Desmarest 1826 [Micronesian imperial-pigeon]
Ducula pacifica Gmelin 1789 [Pacific imperial-pigeon]
†Ducula shutleri Worthy and Burley 2019
†Ducula tihonireasini Rigal et al. 2018
Invalid names: Carpophaga Selby 1835 [synonym], Serresius Bonaparte 1855 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: hydroxyapatiteo
Entire body: yeso
Adult length: 10 to < 100o
Adult width: 1.0 to < 10o
Adult height: 1.0 to < 10o
Architecture: compact or denseo
Ontogeny: accretion, modification of partso
Grouping: solitaryo
Environment: terrestrialf
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: volantf
Diet: frugivoref
Diet 2: granivoref
Reproduction: oviparouso
Dispersal: direct/internalo
Dispersal 2: mobileo
Created: 2009-01-03 16:33:24
Modified: 2009-01-03 19:14:09
Source: f = family, o = order
References: Naka 2004, Marsh 1875

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Late/Upper Pleistocene to the top of the Holocene or 0.12900 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 0.0117 Ma

Collections (69 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Timor-Leste Ducula sp. (204406)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Tonga Ducula n. sp., Ducula david (194699)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Fiji Ducula sp. (26129)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Papua New Guinea Ducula sp. (194696)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.129 - 0.0Tonga Ducula n. sp., Ducula david (194698 194717)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.129 - 0.0Papua New Guinea Ducula sp. (194694)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Fiji Ducula lakeba (194718 194720 194721 194727) Ducula sp. (27077 194723 194726 194728 194729)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Pitcairn Ducula n. sp. (193762 193764 193786 193789 193790 193791)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0French Polynesia Ducula aurorae, Ducula galeata (194675) Ducula galeata (177149 194746) Ducula tihonireasini (198009 198010)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Guam Ducula oceanica (208640)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0New Caledonia Ducula goliath (193983 193985) Ducula pacifica, Ducula goliath (193986 193987)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Micronesia, Federated States of Ducula oceanica (194650)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Cook Islands Ducula aurorae (193455) Ducula aurorae, Ducula galeata (97455) Ducula galeata (194762 194764 194765)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Indonesia (East Nusa Tenggara) Ducula sp. (193396)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Northern Mariana Islands Ducula oceanica (194622 194626)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Tonga Ducula pacifica (193981 194700) Ducula sp., Ducula david (193980) Ducula sp., Ducula david, Ducula pacifica, Ducula latrans (194751)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Vanuatu (Efate) Ducula pacifica, Ducula goliath (185434)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Niue Ducula pacifica (193852 193863 193864 193865 193872) Ducula sp. (193850) Ducula sp., Ducula pacifica (193851)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Solomon Islands Ducula pacifica (209061 209062 209063 209079 209083)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0French Polynesia (Society Islands) Ducula sp., Ducula galeata (215325)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Wallis and Futuna Ducula david (193795 193797) Ducula david, Ducula pacifica (193796) Ducula pacifica (193798 193799)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Tonga (Vava'u) Ducula pacifica (208864) Ducula pacifica, Ducula shutleri (208862 208863 208865 208867)