imperial pigeon

imperial pigeon
noun
: any of various very large Asiatic and Australasian pigeons that constitute a distinct subfamily of Columbidae — compare nutmeg pigeon

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  • Imperial pigeon — Pigeon Pi geon, n. [F., fr. L. pipio a young pipping or chirping bird, fr. pipire to peep, chirp. Cf. {Peep} to chirp.] 1. (Zo[ o]l.) Any bird of the order Columb[ae], of which numerous species occur in nearly all parts of the world. [1913… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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  • imperial pigeon — /ɪmˌpɪəriəl ˈpɪdʒən/ (say im.peareeuhl pijuhn) noun any of various pigeons of the genus Ducula of South East Asia, New Guinea, and the Pacific, including the pied imperial pigeon, D. bicolor, an annual migrant to northern Australia …  

  • Pied Imperial Pigeon — at the Bristol Zoo. Conservation status …   Wikipedia

  • Torresian Imperial Pigeon — Conservation status Least Concern …   Wikipedia

  • Pink-bellied Imperial-pigeon — Taxobox name = Pink bellied Imperial Pigeon status = NT | status system = IUCN3.1 image width = 200px regnum = Animalia phylum = Chordata classis = Aves ordo = Columbiformes familia = Columbidae genus = Ducula species = D. poliocephala binomial …   Wikipedia

  • Pink-bellied Imperial Pigeon — Conservation status Near Threatened …   Wikipedia

  • Pied Imperial-pigeon — Taxobox name = Pied Imperial pigeon status = LC | status system = IUCN3.1 image width = 250px image caption = Pied Imperial pigeon, Melbourne Zoo regnum = Animalia phylum = Chordata classis = Aves ordo = Columbiformes familia = Columbidae genus …   Wikipedia

  • Yellowish Imperial Pigeon — Conservation status Near Threatened (IUCN 3.1) Scientific classification …   Wikipedia

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