Pigeons and Doves (Columbidae)

Chestnut-bellied Imperial-pigeon (Ducula brenchleyi) - HBW 4, p. 235

French: Carpophage de Brenchley German: Brenchleyfruchttaube Spanish: Dúcula de las Salomón
Other common names: Chestnut-bellied Pigeon

Taxonomy: Carpophaga Brenchleyi G. R. Gray, 1870, San Cristobal, Solomon Islands.
Forms a superspecies with D. latrans, D. bakeri and D. goliath; this group also shows some affinities with the D. pinon species-group. Monotypic.

Distribution: Guadalcanal, Malaita and San Cristobal (E Solomon Is).