Yellowish Imperial Pigeon
Photo: Abby Darrah · CC BY 4.0

Doves and Pigeons

Yellowish Imperial Pigeon

Ducula subflavescens

NTNear Threatened Endemic to Papua New Guinea
Family
Doves and Pigeons (Columbidae)
Order
Columbiformes

Overview

The yellowish imperial pigeon (Ducula subflavescens), also known as the yellow-tinted imperial pigeon or Bismarck imperial pigeon (leading to easy confusion with D. melanochroa), is a relatively large species of bird in the family Columbidae. It is endemic to forest and woodland in the Bismarck Archipelago. It is threatened by habitat loss.
It is often considered a subspecies of the Torresian imperial pigeon (which in turn sometimes is considered a subspecies of the pied imperial pigeon), but is increasingly treated as a separate species.

Summary from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Range and habitat

Bismarck Archipelago including Admiralty Islands.

Range description: AviList Global Avian Checklist.

Continents

Sources and further reading

Last updated September 29, 2026.