Key Identification Features
- Columba vitiensis Quoy & Gaimard, 1832, also known as the metallic pigeon, can be identified by the following traits.
- Several subspecies of this bird have been identified, including the distinctive Celebes form called the chestnut-naped imperial pigeon (Ducula aenea paulina).
- Their flight pattern is also distinctive: birds often ascend slowly before making steep parabolic dives.
- Its main distinguishing feature is a dusty black band that spans half its neck, with a white stripe visible just above this band.
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