Pied Imperial Pigeon
Ducula bicolor
Summary 3
The Pied Imperial Pigeon (Ducula bicolor) is a relatively large, pied species of pigeon. It is found in forest, woodland, mangrove, plantations and scrub in Southeast Asia, ranging from Myanmar and Thailand south to Java and east to the Philippines and the Bird's Head Peninsula in New Guinea. It is mainly found on small islands and in coastal regions.
It is a rare resident in Singapore.
It can be found on the southern islands. Those found on the mainland (particularly the western part) are free-ranging birds from the Bird Park.
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- Adapted by Tan Kok Hui from a work by (c) Wikipedia, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ducula_bicolor
