Polynesian imperial pigeon

Polynesian imperial pigeon

Conservation status
Endangered (IUCN 3.1)^[1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Columbiformes
Family:	Columbidae
Genus:	Ducula
Species:	D. aurorae
Binomial name
*Ducula aurorae* (Peale, 1849)

The Polynesian imperial pigeon or Society Islands pigeon (Ducula aurorae) is a species of bird in the family Columbidae. It is endemic to French Polynesia. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest and subtropical or tropical moist montane forest. It is threatened by habitat loss.

Description

This pigeon is approximately 51 cm tall. It is a large, knob-billed pigeon with broad rounded wings. Its plumage is silver-grey on its head and most of underparts with dark bronzy-green upperparts and black undertail-coverts.^[2]

Ecology and conservation

This species is formerly found in dense forests but has since been found in secondary habitat such as gardens. It feeds on fruit of a great variety of native and introduced trees. It is now an important seed disperser on Makatea, accelerating the spread of native forest into areas which had been mined and deforested. A 2009 estimate suggested a current population size of only 1000-1600 individuals.^[1]

Cultural References

The Polynesian imperial pigeon is featured in a folktale from Tupua'i, French Polynesia, in which it plays the role of a midwife for a sister who others refused to help in childbirth. In some versions of the story, it avenges its sister by casting all of the people of the island into the ocean.^[3]

References

^ ^a ^b BirdLife International (2017). "Ducula aurorae". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T22691668A118663538. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T22691668A118663538.en. Retrieved 13 November 2021.
^ "Polynesian Imperial pigeon Ducula aurorae - Species Factsheet". BirdLife International.
^ Richter-Gravier, Raphael (2022-07-28). "Birds as Companion Animals in Traditional Polynesian Narratives". Society & Animals. 31 (5–6): 567–584. doi:10.1163/15685306-bja10075. ISSN 1063-1119.

Taxon identifiers
Ducula aurorae	Wikidata: Q1275352 Wikispecies: Ducula aurorae ADW: Ducula_aurorae Avibase: ED21D49D56C16A25 BioLib: 136641 BirdLife: 22691668 BOW: poipig1 CoL: 37Z93 eBird: poipig1 EoL: 1049939 GBIF: 2495967 iNaturalist: 3206 IRMNG: 10215190 ITIS: 559830 IUCN: 22691668 NCBI: 1965246 Observation.org: 72654 Open Tree of Life: 3596533 Paleobiology Database: 370697 Xeno-canto: Ducula-aurorae

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