Image: Grey Imperial Pigeon - Ducula pickeringii - Ninoy Aquino Parks & Wildlife Center 01

Description: The Grey Imperial Pigeon (Ducula pickeringii) is a species of bird in the Columbidae family. It is found in Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, and the Philippines. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and plantations. Ninoy Aquino Parks & Wildlife Center[1] (NAPWC) is a 64.58-hectare (159.6-acre) zoological and botanical garden located in Diliman,[2] Quezon City,[3] the Philippines. It was named after Benigno S. "Ninoy" Aquino, Jr.[4] The Ninoy Aquino Parks & Wildlife Center has a lagoon, an aquarium, a playground, botanical garden and a Wildlife Rescue Center, which the Department of Environment and Natural Resources [5] uses as a temporary shelter where confiscated, retrieved, donated, sick, abandoned, and injured wild animals are placed to be taken care of. The park houses several indigenous plants and animals such as crab-eating macaques,[6] water monitors[7], Philippine deer, [8] binturongs,[9] Palawan bearded pigs[10] and several varieties of birds.[11] [12]
Title: Grey Imperial Pigeon - Ducula pickeringii - Ninoy Aquino Parks & Wildlife Center 01
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