Species Ducula (Ducula) mullerii (Temminck, 1835)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Columba mullerii Temminck, C.J. in Temminck, C.J. & Laugier de Chartrouse, M. 1835. Nouveau Recueil de Planches Coloriées d'Oiseaux, pour servir de suite et de complément aux planches enluminées de Buffon. Paris : G. Levrault Vol. 5 (livr. 96). [566].

Introduction

Sight record on Boigu Is., northern Torres Strait, by Draffan, R.D.W. 1981. The Black-collared Fruit-Pigeon, Ducula mullerii, at Boigu Island, Queensland. Sunbird 11: 46, accepted by RAOU Records Appraisal Committee 1988. Second Report of the Records Appraisal Committee. Emu 88: 54–57 (case no. 45). Elsewhere widespread in coastal lowlands of New Guinea; Boigu record probably of southern subspecies, D. m. mullerii (Temminck, 1835).

Distribution

States

Queensland

Other Regions

Torres Strait Islands terrestrial, marine & freshwater

Common Name References

Stanger, M., Clayton, M., Schodde, R., Wombey, J. & Mason, I. 1998. CSIRO List of Australian Verebrates: A Reference with Conservation Status. Collingwood : CSIRO Publishing iii 124 pp. (Collared Imperial-pigeon)

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