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Mountain Imperial Pigeon

Ducula badia · Family Columbidae

Ducula badia

Family Columbidae

Order
Columbiformes
Family
Columbidae
GBIF occurrence records
52,933
Countries and territories with records
17
Mountain Imperial Pigeon
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About this species

This species has 52,933 occurrence records from 17 countries and territories (GBIF, 21 October 2026). Most records come from India (53.1%), Thailand (18.3%), Malaysia (17%), Vietnam (4.4%) and Bhutan (2.1%); together they account for 94.9% of the total. In India, this species accounts for 0.046% of all bird records in GBIF.

The scientific name Ducula badia combines the genus name Ducula with the species epithet badia. The Warbla app catalog lists 38 species of the genus Ducula; apart from this one, those with the most GBIF records are Ducula aenea, Ducula spilorrhoa and Ducula bicolor.

The catalog has GBIF record counts for 314 species of the family Columbidae. This species ranks 64th among them; the family’s most-recorded species is Zenaida macroura. Its record count is 17.8% of the family average (296,782). The family Columbidae belongs to the order Columbiformes, which has 314 species in the Warbla app catalog.

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