Ducula
Translingual
Etymology
New Latin, from Nepali ढुकुर [ḍhukur, “mountain imperial pigeon (Ducula badia)”]
Proper noun
Ducula f
- A taxonomic genus within the family Columbidae – the imperial pigeons.
Hypernyms
- (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata – subphylum; Gnathostomata – infraphylum; Reptilia – class; Aves – subclass; Neognathae – infraclass; Neoaves – superorder; Columbimorphae - clade; Columbiformes - order; Columbidae - family; Ptilinopinae - subfamily
Hyponyms
- (genus): Ducula aurorae, Ducula bakeri, Ducula brenchleyi, Ducula carola, Ducula chalconota, Ducula cineracea, Ducula concinna, Ducula finschii, Ducula forsteni, Ducula galeata, Ducula goliath, Ducula lacernulata, Ducula luctuosa, Ducula melanochroa, Ducula mindorensis, Ducula mullerii, Ducula neglecta, Ducula nicobarica, Ducula pacifica, Ducula perspicillata, Ducula pickeringii, Ducula pinon, Ducula pistrinaria, Ducula poliocephala, Ducula radiata, Ducula rosacea, Ducula rubricera, Ducula subflavescens, Ducula whartoni - species
References
Ducula on Wikipedia.Wikipedia 
Ducula on Wikispecies.Wikispecies 
Ducula on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons - Gill, F. and Wright, M. (2006) Birds of the World: Recommended English Names, Princeton University Press, →ISBN
