Species Ducula (Ducula) whartoni (Sharpe, 1887)
Christmas Island Imperial Pigeon, Christmas Island Imperial-Pigeon
- Carpophaga whartoni Sharpe, R.B. 1887. II. Birds. In Günther, A. Report on a zoological collection made by officers of the H.M.S. 'Flying Fish' at Christmas Island, Indian Ocean. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1887: 507-526 [publication date established from Duncan, F.M. 1937. On the dates of publication of the Society's 'Proceedings', 1859–1926. With an appendix containing the dates of publication of 'Proceedings', 1830–1858, compiled by the late F.H. Waterhouse, and of the 'Transactions', 1833–1869, by the late Henry Peavot, originally published in P.Z.S. 1893, 1913. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 107: 71–84] [515] [holotype(?) figured on pl. 43 in original description].
Type data:
Holotype BMNH 1887.5.1.20 ♂ adult, Christmas Is., Indian Ocean
Comment: for identification of holotype, see Salvadori, T. 1893. Catalogue of the Birds in the British Museum. Catalogue of the Columbae, or Pigeons. London : British Museum Vol. 21 xvii 676 pp. XV pls (184); Warren, R.L.M. 1966. Type-specimens of Birds in the British Museum (Natural History). Vol. 1 Non-Passerines. London : British Museum ix 320 pp.Type locality references:
Salvadori, T. 1893. Catalogue of the Birds in the British Museum. Catalogue of the Columbae, or Pigeons. London : British Museum Vol. 21 xvii 676 pp. XV pls.; Warren, R.L.M. 1966. Type-specimens of Birds in the British Museum (Natural History). Vol. 1 Non-Passerines. London : British Museum ix 320 pp.
Distribution
Extra Distribution Information
Indian Ocean, introduced to Cocos-Keeling Ils 1890–1895 but extinct soon after 1906—records in 1958 from West Is. erroneous.
IMCRA
Christmas Island Province (23)
Other Regions
Christmas Island terrestrial & freshwater
Ecological Descriptors
Aerial, arboreal, closed forest, diurnal, frugivorous, sedentary, volant.
Extra Ecological Information
Randomly dispersed, seasonal breeder, arboreal frui- eater in crowns of fruit-bearing rainforest trees on interior plateau of Christmas Is., now protected and moderately abundant.
General References
Chasen, F.N. 1933. Notes on the Birds of Christmas Island, Indian Ocean. Bulletin of the Raffles Museum 8: 58-61 (presenting alternative taxonomic arrangement alternative specific arrangement and relationship, cf. <0266>)
Gibson-Hill, C.A. 1947. Notes on the birds of Christmas Island. Bulletin of the Raffles Museum 18: 87-165 (distribution, ecology, status, nidification)
Goodwin, D. 1960. Taxonomy of the genus Ducula. Ibis 102: 526-535 (species arrangement)
Goodwin, D. 1983. Pigeons and Doves of the World. Ithaca : Cornell University Press 363 pp. 3 pls. (species arrangement)
Hicks, J. & Yorkston, H. 1982. Notes on the breeding of the Christmas Island Imperial Pigeon Ducula whartoni. Australian Bird Watcher 9: 247-251 (nidification, diet, behaviour)
Lister, J.J. 1889. On the natural history of Christmas Island, in the Indian Ocean. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1888: 512-534 [publication dated 1888] (voice, anatomy)
Pearson, A.J. 1966. The birds of Christmas Island (Indian Ocean). Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club 86: 66-71 [Mathews, G.M. 1925. The Birds of Australia. Supplements 4 & 5. Bibliography of the Birds of Australia Pts 1 & 2. London : H.F. & G. Witherby viii 149 pp. Mathews, G.M. 1919. The Birds of Australia. London : Witherby & Co. Vol. 7 pt 5 pp. 385–499 + xii pls 363–370 Appendixes A & B (Appendix B)] (ecology, feeding, status)
Peters, J.L. 1937. Check-list of Birds of the World. Cambridge : Harvard University Press Vol. 3 xiii 311 pp. [48] (species arrangement)
Salvadori, T. 1893. Catalogue of the Birds in the British Museum. Catalogue of the Columbae, or Pigeons. London : British Museum Vol. 21 xvii 676 pp. XV pls. (species arrangement)
Stokes, T. 1988. A Review of the Birds of Christmas Island, Indian Ocean. Canberra : Aust. Natl Parks Wldlf. Serv. Occas. Pap. 16 40 pp. (status, habitat, behaviour, literature)
Stokes, T., Sheils, W. & Dunn, K. 1984. Birds of the Cocos (Keeling) Islands, Indian Ocean. The Emu 84: 23-28 (introductions on Cocos-Keeling Ils)
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
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| 10-Nov-2020 | AVES | 26-Oct-2022 | MODIFIED | |
| 22-Mar-2011 | MODIFIED |