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title: "Green Imperial Pigeon"
description: "Ducula aenea — Birds. The green imperial pigeon (Ducula aenea) is a large forest pigeon."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/animal/green-imperial-pigeon
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Green Imperial Pigeon

> Ducula aenea — Birds. The green imperial pigeon (Ducula aenea) is a large forest pigeon.

- Scientific name: *Ducula aenea*
- Category: `birds` (Birds)
- Habitats: `forest` (Forest), `jungle` (Jungle)
- iNaturalist observations: 3359
- Wikidata: [Q844860](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q844860)
- iNaturalist taxon: [3211](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/3211)

## Names

- en: Green Imperial Pigeon
- de: Bronzefruchttaube
- es: Dúcula Verde
- fr: Carpophage de Pauline
- nl: Groene muskaatduif
- pt: Pombo-imperial-verde
- pl: Muszkatela miedziana

## Countries with the most observations

MY (837), LK (737), IN (613), ID (293), SG (112), PH (92), TH (70), KH (51), VN (20), MM (19), BD (17), BN (10)

## Summary

The green imperial pigeon (Ducula aenea) is a large forest pigeon. The large range extends from Nepal, southern India and Sri Lanka eastwards to southern China, Indonesia and the Philippines.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Green_imperial_pigeon

## Photo

![Green Imperial Pigeon](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/green-imperial-pigeon/medium.jpg)

Photo: Jean-Paul Boerekamps · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/141179026

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/green-imperial-pigeon?lang=en` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).