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Ducula aurorae (Polynesian Imperial Pigeon)

Synonyms: Carpophaga aurorae; Ducula pacifica aurorae

Wikipedia Abstract

The Polynesian imperial pigeon (Ducula aurorae) is a species of bird in the family Columbidae. It is endemic to French Polynesia. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests. It is threatened by habitat loss.
View Wikipedia Record: Ducula aurorae

Infraspecies

Ducula aurorae aurorae
Ducula aurorae wilkesii

Endangered Species

Status: Endangered
View IUCN Record: Ducula aurorae

EDGE Analysis

Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) 
3
 Unique (100)
Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0) 
52
 Unique & Vulnerable (100)
ED Score: 6.72422
EDGE Score: 4.1238
Learn more at EDGE of Existence programme

Attributes

Diet [1]  Frugivore
Diet - Fruit [1]  100 %
Forages - Canopy [1]  40 %
Forages - Mid-High [1]  60 %

Ecoregions

Name Countries Ecozone Biome Species Report Climate Land
Use
Society Islands tropical moist forests France Oceania Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests  
Tuamotu tropical moist forests France, United Kingdom Oceania Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests    

Alliance for Zero Extinction (AZE) Sites

Name  Location   Map   Climate   Land Use 
Makatea French Polynesia    

Biodiversity Hotspots

Name Location Endemic Species Website
Polynesia-Micronesia Fiji, Micronesia, Polynesia, Samoa, Tonga, United States Yes

Prey / Diet

Ficus prolixa (fig)[2]

Prey / Diet Overlap

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Hamish Wilman, Jonathan Belmaker, Jennifer Simpson, Carolina de la Rosa, Marcelo M. Rivadeneira, and Walter Jetz. 2014. EltonTraits 1.0: Species-level foraging attributes of the world's birds and mammals. Ecology 95:2027
♦ 2"Fig-eating by vertebrate frugivores: a global review", MIKE SHANAHAN, SAMSON SO, STEPHEN G. COMPTON and RICHARD CORLETT, Biol. Rev. (2001), 76, pp. 529–572
Ecoregions provided by World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF). WildFinder: Online database of species distributions, ver. 01.06 Wildfinder Database
Biodiversity Hotspots provided by Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund
AZE sites provided by Alliance for Zero Extinction (2010). 2010 AZE Update.
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0