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Columbiformes / Columbidae / Ducula

Purple-tailed Imperial Pigeon

Ducula rufigaster

IUCN: Least Concern

Data Sources

AviList 2025 eBird (ptipig1) Avibase

Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.

Taxonomy

Order: Columbiformes
Family: Columbidae
Genus: Ducula

Subspecies (2)

Ducula rufigaster rufigaster

Bird's Head Peninsula, including Raja Ampat Islands (off western New Guinea), and southern New Guinea eastward to Orangerie Bay
Ducula rufigaster uropygialis

northern New Guinea (eastward to Huon Gulf), including Yapen (Cenderawasih Bay, off northwestern New Guinea)

Data Sources

AviList 2025 eBird (ptipig1) Avibase

Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.