What Animal Lives Where

Where has the Christmas Island Imperial-Pigeon been recorded?

Ducula whartoni occurrence evidence comes from 42 records in 1 countries and territories, from 2001 to 2024. Most records come from Christmas Island.

Christmas Island Imperial-Pigeon
Christmas Island Imperial-Pigeon — Photo (display-sized rendition): ian_mcallan · CC BY 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
AvesColumbiformesColumbidaeDucula

Observation evidence passport

Evidence found

42 records across 1 countries and territories, 2001–2024.

Ducula whartoni · GBIF taxon key 2495965

Source coverage

CC0 GBIF Animalia occurrence facets, including country, month and year summaries.

Refreshed 2026-09-24. Inspect the taxon on GBIF.

What this means

The species has been recorded in the listed places in the stated source universe. Peak month: November.

4 months reach at least 10% of the peak facet count.

What this does not mean

repeated describes the record pattern, not a formal range, residency, abundance or conservation assessment.

A single record remains evidence of a recording, not proof that a population lives there.

Compare this animal’s observation pattern

When it is recorded

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Peak month: November. Records cluster in the months an animal is present and being looked for, so a summer peak can reflect observer effort as much as the animal.

Records over time

20012024

Recording effort has risen steeply almost everywhere since the 1990s, so a rising line usually shows more observers rather than more animals.

Where Christmas Island Imperial-Pigeon has been recorded

The countries below show where occurrence evidence exists for Christmas Island Imperial-Pigeon. They do not define a complete habitat range: survey effort differs by place, and historical or one-off records can appear alongside repeated presence.

PlaceRecordsShare
Christmas Island 42

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Record pattern: repeated
Repeated records concentrated in part of the year. This is inferred from how many years and months the animal appears in, not from a range map — treat it as evidence, not a formal assessment.