NATURAL HISTORY · CATALOGUE RECORD
Collared Imperial Pigeon
Ducula mullerii (Temminck, 1835)
Source-backed taxonomic record
Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Ducula mullerii (Temminck, 1835)
- Name authority
- (Temminck, 1835)
- Common name
- Collared Imperial Pigeon
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Aves
- Order
- Columbiformes
- Family
- Columbidae
- Genus
- Ducula
- Extinction status
- Recorded extant
Classification family tree
Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- subphylumVertebrata
- infraphylumGnathostomata
- parvphylumOsteichthyes
- megaclassTetrapoda
- classAves
- orderColumbiformes
- familyColumbidae
- subfamilyRaphinae
- genusDucula Hodgson, 1836
- speciesDucula mullerii (Temminck, 1835)
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Ducula. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Green Imperial PigeonDucula aenea (Linnaeus, 1766) | ColumbidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Polynesian Imperial PigeonDucula aurorae (Peale, 1849) | ColumbidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Mountain Imperial PigeonDucula badia (Raffles, 1822) | ColumbidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Chestnut-bellied Imperial PigeonDucula brenchleyi (G. R. Gray, 1870) | ColumbidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Spotted Imperial PigeonDucula carola (Bonaparte, 1854) | ColumbidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Timor Imperial PigeonDucula cineracea (Temminck, 1835) | ColumbidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| White-bellied Imperial PigeonDucula forsteni (Bonaparte, 1854) | ColumbidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Silver-tipped Imperial PigeonDucula luctuosa (Temminck, 1824) | ColumbidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Mindoro Imperial PigeonDucula mindorensis (J. Whitehead, 1896) | ColumbidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Nicobar Imperial PigeonDucula nicobarica (Pelzeln, 1865) | ColumbidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Zoe's Imperial PigeonDucula zoeae (Desmarest, 1826) | ColumbidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Christmas Imperial PigeonDucula whartoni (Sharpe, 1887) | ColumbidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
Names & synonyms
Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.
| Recorded name | Source status |
|---|---|
| Ducula mullerii aurantia (A. B. Meyer, 1893) (A. B. Meyer, 1893) | synonym |
| Ducula mullerii mullerii (Temminck, 1835) (Temminck, 1835) | synonym |
Documented distribution
Source distribution statements, not a complete range map. A listed locality is not necessarily a place of origin.
Source literature & publication evidence
References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.
- https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=177379 Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references
Origins, evidence & remaining research
Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.
Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.
Dataset citation & attribution
This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11
Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.
Stable key: col:37Z9P. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.