Belongs within: Ducula.
Ducula aenea, the green imperial pigeon, is a large canopy-dwelling pigeon found in southern Asia.
Characters (from Rutgers & Norris 1972): Sexes alike. Head, neck,breast and abdomen pale vinaceous-grey, almost white on forehead and chin. Mantle, back, wings and tail glossy green washed with coppery-bronze, the primaries dark blue-green. Under tail coverts chestnut. Iris glowing red; beak blue-grey, crimson at base of upper mandible; legs and feet dark crimson.
<==Ducula aeneaJT12 [=Carpophaga aeneaT62] |--D. a. aeneaT62 |--D. a. chalyburaT62 |--D. a. consobrinaT62 |--D. a. fugaensisT62 |--D. a. mistaT62 |--D. a. nicobaricaT62 |--D. a. nuchalisRN72 |--D. a. palawanensisT62 |--D. a. paulinaT62 |--D. a. pulchellaT62 |--D. a. pusillaT62 |--D. a. sulanaT62 `--D. a. sylvaticaT62
*Type species of generic name indicated
References
[JT12] Jetz, W., G. H. Thomas, J. B. Joy, K. Hartmann & A. Ø. Mooers. 2012. The global diversity of birds in space and time. Nature 491: 444–448.
[RN72] Rutgers, A., & K. A. Norris (eds) 1972. Encyclopaedia of Aviculture vol. 1. London, Blandford Press.
[T62] Tendeiro, J. 1962. Estudos sobre malófagos: Revisão monográfica do género Columbicola Ewing (Ischnocera, Philopteridae). Memórias da Junta de Investigações do Ultramar, ser. 2, 32: 7–460.