Ducula nicobarica
Resident on some smaller islands of Andamans and Nicobars. Similar to Green but has darker (less metallic) and more bluish or purplish upperparts; underparts are purer grey, lacking lilac wash, and undertail-coverts are brown or grey. Treated here as conspecific with Green Imperial Pigeon. Mainly tall evergreen forest; also mangroves and beaches close to forest edge.
Colour
Resident on some smaller islands of Andamans and Nicobars. Similar to Green but has darker (less metallic) and more bluish or purplish upperparts; underparts are purer grey, lacking lilac wash, and undertail-coverts are brown or grey. Treated here as conspecific with Green Imperial Pigeon. Mainly tall evergreen forest; also mangroves and beaches close to forest edge.
Every bird sits between two neighbours — bigger than one, smaller than the other. The sentences below are generated live from the database.
Nicobar Imperial Pigeon is bigger than Ied Harrier but smaller than Laggar Falcon.
This bird
Nicobar Imperial Pigeon
Ducula nicobarica
42–46 cm
