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Asia

A searchable database of threatened Asian pigeon species with links to detailed species accounts can be found from the online version of: BirdLife International (2001) Threatened birds of Asia: the BirdLife International Red Data Book. Cambridge, UK: BirdLife International.

Indonesia

Sulawesi, Indonesia - Jonathan S. Walker (jon "at" columbidae.org.uk)

In 2004 Jon completed a PhD entitled 'Feeding ecology and rarity of frugivorous birds in tropical rain forest' at Manchester Metropolitan University, UK.

This work covers two lowland rain forest sites on the Indonesian Island of Sulawesi and includes 11 species of pigeon:

Brown Cuckoo-dove Macropygia amboinensis
Sulawesi Black Pigeon Turacoena manadensis
Pink-necked Green Pigeon Treron vernans
Grey-cheeked Green Pigeon Treron griseicauda
Maroon-chinned Fruit-dove Ptilinopus subgularis - Near Threatened
Superb Fruit-dove Ptilinopus superbus
Black-naped Fruit-dove Ptilinopus melanosplia
White-bellied Imperial Pigeon Ducula Forsteni
Grey-headed Imperial Pigeon Ducula radiata
Green Imperial Pigeon Ducula aena
Silver-tipped Imperial Pigeon Ducula luctuosa

Publications
Walker, J.S. (jon "at" columbidae.org.uk) (2006). Resource use and rarity among frugivorous birds in a tropical rain forest on Sulawesi. Biological Conservation 130(1): 60-69.

Walker, J.S. (jon “at” columbidae.org.uk) (2007). Dietary specialization and fruit availability among frugivorous birds on Sulawesi. Ibis 149: 345-356.

A number of other scientific papers from this research are currently in review.

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