Pigeons and Doves (Columbidae)

Bismarck Imperial-pigeon (Ducula melanochroa) - HBW 4, p. 239

French: Carpophage noir German: Mohrenfruchttaube Spanish: Dúcula Negra
Other common names: Black/Silver-laced Imperial-pigeon

Taxonomy: Carpophaga melanochroa P. L. Sclater, 1878, Duke of York Island, Bismarck Archipelago.
Often placed in a species-group with D. pinon and D. mullerii, and exhibits some plumage characters intermediate between the two; affinities have also been suggested between these three species and the D. latrans superspecies. Monotypic.

Distribution: Bismarck Archipelago (Umboi, New Britain, Watom, Duke of York, New Ireland).