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Illustration of a Pied Imperial Pigeon (Ducula bicolor) egg, 43.7 × 30.8 mm
Illustration © 2026 Lincoln Savi, Savi Made. Free to use with credit.

Ducula bicolor

  • 43.7 × 30.8 mm
  • Its colour follows its family (the eggs of all its relatives are alike); we haven't found a description of this species' own egg yet.
Breeds in Caribbean islands

Plain white, as in all pigeon and dove eggs (we haven't found a description of this species' own egg yet).

Sources of information

Size
Average of 9 eggs: Schönwetter, M. 1960–1992. Handbuch der Oologie (ed. W. Meise), Lieferung 8. Akademie-Verlag, Berlin., p. 489.
Description
Oates, E. W. 1901. Catalogue of the Collection of Birds' Eggs in the British Museum, vol. 1. London.
Shape
Drawn from the length and width, with the taper estimated from the typical eggs of its group (how these eggs are drawn).

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