Pied Imperial | 台北市立動物園資訊網

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The Pied Imperial-Pigeon is a large distinctive black and white pigeon, mostly white but with black on the outerparts of its wings and on its tail tip  and black bars on the underside of its tail. The beak is yellow or yellow-green and legs and feet are blue-grey. This bird is also known as  the Torresian Imperial Pigeon, Torres Strait Pigeon, White Nutmeg-Pigeon, Nutmeg Pigeon, Spice Pigeon, or Australian Pied Imperial-Pigeon.

The Pied Imperial-Pigeon is in found in northern Australia in the Kimberleys area, in the Top End of the Northern Territory, across Cape York Peninsula and along the east Queensland coast from Torres Strait south to about Rockhampton.

This pigeon is found on offshore islands and the mainland of northern and north-eastern Australia. It is found in a variety of wooded habitats, such as mangroves, rain forest and in forests of Eucalyptus and Melaleuca. It avoids the more arid parts of the Top End but does penetrate inland along major rivers.