WORLD BIRDS / IOC 15.2

Purple-tailed Imperial Pigeon

Ducula rufigaster

Purple-tailed Imperial Pigeon belongs to Columbidae, within the order Columbiformes. Explore the recorded facts below, then discover other birds in the same family.

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Purple-tailed Imperial Pigeon · Ducula rufigaster — Illustration, not a field photograph.

Taxonomy & recorded facts

Scientific name: Ducula rufigaster
Order: Columbiformes
Family: Columbidae
Conservation record: LC · Least Concern
Habitat in source: Forest
Reported mass: 436 g

Conservation categories reflect the source dataset, not a live IUCN assessment. Missing measurements are omitted. Game combat values are not biological measurements.