Nuku Hiva Imperial Pigeon
Ducula galeata
Classification
- Class
- Aves
- Order
- Columbiformes
- Family
- Columbidae
The Nuku Hiva imperial pigeon (Ducula galeata), also known as the Marquesan imperial pigeon or Upe, is a pigeon which is endemic to Nuku Hiva in the Marquesas Islands of French Polynesia, now restricted to some valleys in the western part of that island; following successful reintroductions of birds in 2000 and 2003, there is now an established population on Ua Huka. With its small distribution, scientists now believe it has probably never been common, but its small population (estimated at c. 300 as of 2023) has marked it as an endangered species since 2008.
Le Carpophage des Marquises (Ducula galeata) est une espèce d'oiseaux appartenant à la famille des Columbidae. Son nom commun en marquisien est Ùpe (prononcer 'Oupé). Selon la classification de référence du Congrès ornithologique international (version 15.
La dúcula de las Marquesas o dúcula de Marquesas (Ducula galeata) es una especie de ave de la familia de los colúmbidos. Se trata de un endemismo de la isla Nuku Hiva en las Marquesas de la Polinesia francesa. Habita en algunos de los valles de la parte occidental de la isla.
Distribution
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