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Zoe's imperial pigeon

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Order
  
Columbiformes

Genus
  
Ducula

Higher classification
  
Imperial pigeon

Phylum
  
Chordata

Family
  
Columbidae

Scientific name
  
Ducula zoeae

Rank
  
Species

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Similar
  
Imperial pigeon, Purple‑tailed imperial pigeon, Pigeons and doves, Bird, Pinon's imperial pigeon

The Zoe's imperial pigeon (Ducula zoeae), also known as the banded imperial pigeon, is a species of bird in the family Columbidae. It is found in Indonesia and Papua New Guinea. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical or tropical mangrove forests, and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.

It is named for Zoë Lesson (fl. 1810), the wife of French ornithologist René-Primevère Lesson, who described it.

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Zoe's imperial pigeon Wikipedia