Malabar Imperial Pigeon

The Malabar imperial pigeon, or Nilgiri imperial pigeon, is endemic to the Western Ghats of India. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests. It was previously considered a subspecies of the mountain imperial pigeon but was split because of differences in morphology and plumage, a split later supported by an analysis of its calls (Wikipedia, general species account).

The cached account is short and gives no description, diet or breeding information. SoIB 2023 treats it as a Western Ghats endemic and a resident forest bird that eats fruit and nectar, rates it a Moderate conservation priority, and gives a Moderate range of about 80,000 km² and a rapid long-term decline of about 67% (SoIB 2023).