Malabar Imperial Pigeon

Malabar Imperial PigeonThis pigeon occurs in India's Western Ghats. The 2022 eBird India taxonomy update separated it from Mountain Imperial-Pigeon and notes its darker iris and narrower tail band as identification features.What does it look like?It has a dark iris and a narrower tail band than the related Mountain Imperial-Pigeon.How does it live?This pigeon occurs in India's Western Ghats. The 2022 eBird India taxonomy update separated it from Mountain Imperial-Pigeon and notes its darker iris and narrower tail band as identification features.A 1981 account, using the former subspecific name D. badia cuprea, reports evergreen forest up to about 2,000 m.Keeping it safeAn extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.