Animalia Life

Ducula luctuosa
SUBFAMILY
Treroninae
TAXONOMY
Columba luctuosa Temminck, 1825, Sulawesi. Monotypic.
OTHER COMMON NAMES
English: Celebes pied imperial pigeon, nutmeg pigeon, white fruit pigeon; French: Carpophage luctuose; German: Elsterfruchttaube; Spanish: Ducula Luctuosa.
PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS
Large, 16.1 in (41 cm), 14.5 oz (410 g). All white, but flight feathers and end of tail black.
DISTRIBUTION
Sulawesi (Celebes) and adjacent small islands.
HABITAT
Forest.
BEHAVIOR
Not known.
FEEDING ECOLOGY AND DIET
Not known.
REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY
Not known.
CONSERVATION STATUS
Not threatened.
SIGNIFICANCE TO HUMANS
None known.

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