Pigeons and Doves (Columbidae)

Finsch's Imperial-pigeon (Ducula finschii) - HBW 4, p. 234

French: Carpophage de Finsch German: Finschfruchttaube Spanish: Dúcula de Finsch
Other common names: Finsch’s Rufous-bellied Fruit-pigeon

Taxonomy: Carpophaga Finschii E. P. Ramsay, 1882, no locality; apparently New Britain.
Forms a superspecies with D. rufigaster and D. basilica, with both of which present species is sometimes considered conspecific; D. chalconota is also placed in this superspecies by some authors. Monotypic.

Distribution: Bismarck Archipelago, on New Hanover, New Ireland, Watom, New Britain and Umboi.