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Collared imperial pigeon

Ducula mullerii (Temminck, 1835)

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The collared imperial pigeon (Ducula mullerii) is a species in the family Columbidae, order Columbiformes. Recorded adults weigh 540 g to 611 g. Source checklists list it for 1 country: Australia. Its IUCN Red List status is Least Concern.

Collared imperial pigeon (Ducula mullerii)
Photo: Matt Howry from Ardmore, OK, USA · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Quick facts about the collared imperial pigeon

Weight
540 g – 611 gsrc for Weight
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Diet
Frugivoresrc for Diet
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
forestsrc for Habitat
Young per litter or clutch
1src for Young per litter or clutch
Lifestyle
Perchingsrc for Lifestyle
Migration
Sedentarysrc for Migration
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN)src for Conservation status
Countries on record
1 countrysrc for Countries on record

Where does the collared imperial pigeon live?

Countries where Catalogue of Life checklists list the species. Many checklists carry no country data, so the list is often incomplete. It is not a range map.

The collared imperial pigeon is listed for 1 country.

Australia
  • Listed
  • Not listed
small islands are not drawn at this scale

The same countries as a list

  1. Australia

Why a country list is not a range map

Listed by: ITIS (scope: global), through the Catalogue of Life.

What is the collared imperial pigeon?

Quoted from WikipediaCC BY-SA 4.0

The collared imperial pigeon (Ducula mullerii) is a large pigeon native to New Guinea and adjacent islands.

From the Wikipedia article “Collared imperial pigeon” (en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Collared_imperial_pigeon&oldid=1314454264), by Wikipedia contributors, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0). This block is kept separate from our own text.

Is the collared imperial pigeon endangered?

The collared imperial pigeon is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List: it is not currently at risk of extinction.

  1. LCLeast Concern
  2. NTNear Threatened
  3. VUVulnerable
  4. ENEndangered
  5. CRCritically Endangered
  6. EWExtinct in the Wild
  7. EXExtinct

Category via Wikidata (CC0). Find the full assessment on the IUCN Red List. See all Least Concern species. What the categories mean.

How is the collared imperial pigeon classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classAves
  4. orderColumbiformes
  5. familyColumbidae
  6. genusDucula
  7. SpeciesDucula mullerii (Temminck, 1835)

Synonyms Columba mullerii, Ducula mullerii aurantia, Ducula mullerii mullerii

Other names and names in other languages (35)
  • Collared imperial-pigeonEnglish
  • Collared imperial-pigeonEnglish
  • Collared imperial-pigeonEnglish
  • حمام امبراطوري مطوقArabic
  • colom imperial de collarCatalan
  • holub černokrkýCzech
  • colomen ymerodrol wardduWelsh
  • HalsbåndskejserdueDanish
  • SchwarzhalsfruchttaubeGerman
  • Schwarzhals-FruchttaubeGerman
  • koluma imperikolomboEsperanto
  • Dúcula acollaradaSpanish
  • Paloma imperial collarizaSpanish
  • kaelus-keisertuviEstonian
  • mustakauluskyyhkyFinnish
  • Carpophage de MüllerFrench
  • ogrličasta voćaricaCroatian
  • Müller-császárgalambHungarian
  • Pergam kalungIndonesian
  • Piccione imperiale dal collareItalian
  • クロエリミカドバトJapanese
  • Miulerio imperatoriškasis karvelisLithuanian
  • ZwartkraagmuskaatduifDutch
  • kragekeiserdueNorwegian
  • muszkatela obrożnaPolish
  • pombo-imperial-de-colarPortuguese
  • Ошейниковый плодовый голубьRussian
  • Черношеий плодоядный голубьRussian
  • Черношейный плодоядный голубьRussian
  • plodožer čiernokrkýSlovak
  • halsbandskejsarduvaSwedish
  • Halkalı Has GüvercinTurkish
  • пінон білогорлийUkrainian
  • 黑領皇鳩Chinese
  • 黑领皇鸠Chinese

Catalogue of LifeWikipediaiNaturalistWikidataIUCN Red List

Relatives of the collared imperial pigeon

Other species in the same genus Ducula.

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

How big is the collared imperial pigeon?

An adult collared imperial pigeon weighs 540 g – 611 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Where does the collared imperial pigeon live?

Catalogue of Life checklists list the collared imperial pigeon for 1 country: Australia. Checklist coverage is uneven, so the true range may be wider.

Is the collared imperial pigeon endangered?

The collared imperial pigeon is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List, meaning it is not currently at risk of extinction.

What kind of animal is the collared imperial pigeon?

The collared imperial pigeon (Ducula mullerii) belongs to the family Columbidae in the order Columbiformes.

Sources and how to cite this page

Data as of 2026-11-11. How this page is put together.

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APA

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MLA

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BibTeX
@misc{collared_imperial_pigeon_2026,
  title = {Collared imperial pigeon (Ducula mullerii)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/collared-imperial-pigeon},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}