What is Mountain imperial pigeon?
[[Image:Mountain Imperial Pigeon Mahananda Wildlife Sanctuary West Bengal India 09.05.2016.jpg|thumb|''Ducula badia insignis'' from [[Mahananda Wildlife Sanctuary]], [[West Bengal]], [[India]].]] The '''Maroon-backed Imperial pigeon''' (''Ducula badia''), also known as the '''Mountain Imperial pigeon''' or '''Hodgson's Imperial pigeon''', is a species of [[bird]] in the [[Columbidae|pigeon and dove]] family with a wide range in [[Southeastern Asia]]. Overall the pigeon has a wide range in south-eastern Asia, where it occurs in [[Bangladesh]],<ref>https://portals.iucn.org/library/sites/library/files/documents/RL-549.3-003-v.3.pdf</ref> [[Bhutan]], [[Brunei]], [[Cambodia]], [[China]], [[India]], [[Indonesia]], [[Laos]], [[Malaysia]], [[Myanmar]], [[Nepal]], [[Thailand]], and [[Vietnam]]. Its natural [[habitat]]s are subtropical or tropical moist lowland [[forest]]s, subtropical or tropical mangrove forests, and subtropical or tropical moist [[montane forest]]s. It is considered as the ''“National dove of Bangladesh”'' respectively.{{refn|name=Gcounts|group=n|''“The Official '''National Dove of [[Bangladesh]]''', a Native and Endemic Pigeon Species within the Region” respectively''}}. [[Image:Mountain Imperial-pigeon.ogv|thumb|right|Male Fraser's Hill, Malaysia 1997]] == Notes == {{reflist|group=n}} ==References== {{Reflist}} {{Taxonbar|from=Q964539}} {{Biology-stub}} [[Category:National symbols of Bangladesh]] [[Category:Doves]] [[Category:Birds of Asia]]