Cinnamon-bellied imperial pigeon

Cinnamon-bellied imperial pigeon
Conservation status
	; Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Columbiformes
Family:	Columbidae
Genus:	Ducula
Species:	D. basilica
Binomial name
	Ducula basilica; Bonaparte, 1854

The cinnamon-bellied 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.

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

BirdLife International (2016). "Ducula basilica". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN. 2016: e.T22725292A94889545. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22725292A94889545.en. Retrieved 13 January 2018.
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. Volume 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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[1] BirdLife International (2016). "Ducula basilica". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN. 2016: e.T22725292A94889545. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22725292A94889545.en. Retrieved 13 January 2018.

[2] 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].

[3] Jobling, James A. (2010). The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names. London: Christopher Helm. p. 68. ISBN 978-1-4081-2501-4.

[4] Peters, James Lee, ed. (1937). Check-list of Birds of the World. Volume 3. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press. p. 53.

[ioc-5] Gill, Frank; Donsker, David; Rasmussen, Pamela, eds. (2020). "Pigeons". IOC World Bird List Version 10.1. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 13 March 2020.

[hbw-6] 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.