The Malabar imperial pigeon or Nilgiri imperial pigeon (Ducula cuprea) is a species of bird in the family Columbidae.

It is endemic to the Western Ghats of India.

[2] Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.

It previously was considered a subspecies of the mountain imperial pigeon, but was split due to differences in morphology and plumage.

This split was later supported by an analysis of its calls.