Pigeons, Doves

Pacific Imperial Pigeon

Ducula pacifica

The Pacific Imperial Pigeon (Ducula pacifica) is a 394 g forest bird that eats mostly fruit. It stays put all year.

Family

Pigeons, Doves

Order

Columbiformes

Weight

394 g

Habitat

Forest

Diet

Fruit and nectar

Migration

Resident

Countries recorded

15

Recorded in Vanuatu, Samoa, CK, AS, Solomon Is., Fiji, Tonga, New Caledonia, Papua New Guinea, NU, WF, Kiribati, TK, Fr. Polynesia, ZZ.

Where to see it: Fakaofo (Tokelau); Rarotonga · Takitumu Conservation Area (Cook Islands); Niue · Hanan Airport (Niue); Aloftai, Alofi (Wallis and Futuna); Wallis (Wallis and Futuna).

Photo: (c) desertnaturalist, some rights reserved (CC BY) via iNaturalist