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Ducula aenea
Habitat
Forest
Range
Nepal, southern India and Sri Lanka east to southern China, Indonesia and the Philippines
Size
45cm
The green imperial pigeon is a large, plump forest pigeon, 45 cm long, with a metallic green back, wings and tail and a white head and underparts apart from maroon undertail coverts. Its range runs from Nepal, southern India and Sri Lanka east to southern China, Indonesia and the Philippines, and eleven subspecies are recognised (Wikipedia, general species account).