Polynesian imperial pigeon

The Polynesian imperial pigeon or Society Islands pigeon (Ducula aurorae) is a species of bird in the family Columbidae. It is endemic to French Polynesia. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest and subtropical or tropical moist montane forest. It is threatened by habitat loss.

This pigeon is approximately 51 cm tall. It is a large, knob-billed pigeon with broad rounded wings. Its plumage is silver-grey on its head and most of underparts with dark bronzy-green upperparts and black undertail-coverts.

The Polynesian imperial pigeon is featured in a folktale from Tupua'i, French Polynesia, in which it plays the role of a midwife for a sister who others refused to help in childbirth. In some versions of the story, it avenges its sister by casting all of the people of the island into the ocean.