http://www.photonette.net/

 

 

 

Marquesan Imperial Pigeon

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

 

 

 

Marquesan Imperial Pigeon

Conservation status


Critically endangered

Scientific classification

Kingdom:

Animalia

Phylum:

Chordata

Class:

Aves

Order:

Columbiformes

Family:

Columbidae

Genus:

Ducula

Species:

D. galeata

Binomial name

Ducula galeata
(Bonaparte, 1855)

 

The Marquesan Imperial Pigeon or Nukuhiva Pigeon (Ducula galeata) is a pigeon which is endemic to Nuku Hiva in the Marquesas Islands, French Polynesia. Only found in some valleys in the Western part of the island.


This bird is critically endangered, with an estimated population of less than 150.

 

References

 

 

Wikipedia

 http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Marquesan_Imperial_Pigeon&action=history

http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/fdl.html