Pigeons and Doves (Columbidae)
Pacific Imperial-pigeon (Ducula pacifica) - HBW 4, p. 230
French: Carpophage pacifique
German: Tongafruchttaube
Spanish: Dúcula del Pacífico
Other common names: Pacific Pigeon
Taxonomy: Columba pacifica J. F. Gmelin, 1789, Tonga.
Sometimes considered to include D. aurorae as a subspecies; these two form a superspecies, along with D. oceanica and perhaps D. galeata. Two subspecies currently recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- sejuncta Amadon, 1943 - islands off NC New Guinea (Seleo, Tarawai) and Ninigo Group and Hermit Is (W Bismarck Archipelago).
- pacifica (J. F. Gmelin, 1789) - Louisiade Achipelago through NE & SE Solomons (Ndai, Rennell) and nearby Stewart Is to Santa Cruz Is and Vanuatu, and E to Tuvalu, Phoenix Is, Tokelau, Fiji (smaller islands), Wallis and Futuna, Samoa, Tonga, Niue and Cook Is.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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A bird perched in a tree. Locality Kia Koe Lake Side Lodge, Rennell Island, Rennell and Bellona Province, Solomon Islands (ssp pacifica)
Josep del Hoyo 29 September 2010 1 year ago 26 sec 3.8 -
Bird sitting on a tree. Locality Tench Island, New Ireland, Bismarck Archipelago (ssp sejuncta)
Helmut Schenkel Brunner 14 July 2008 3 years ago 12 sec 3.8 -
A bird incubating. Locality Rennell Island, Rennell and Bellona Province, Solomon Islands (ssp pacifica)
Josep del Hoyo 1 October 2010 1 year ago 29 sec 3.5 -
A distant view of a bird perched. Locality Kia Koe Lake Side Lodge, Rennell Island, Rennell and Bellona Province, Solomon Islands (ssp pacifica)
Josep del Hoyo 30 September 2010 1 year ago 21 sec 3.2
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A bird in a tree.
Locality Kia Koe Lake Side Lodge, Rennell Island, Rennell and Bellona Province, Solomon Islands (ssp pacifica)
Josep del Hoyo 29 September 2010 1 year ago 2.6
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A bird calling three times. Locality Rennell Island, Rennell and Bellona Province, Solomon Islands
(ssp pacifica)
Josep del Hoyo 1 October 2010 1 year ago 4 -
A bird calling four times. Locality Rennell Island, Rennell and Bellona Province, Solomon Islands
(ssp pacifica)
Josep del Hoyo 1 October 2010 1 year ago 3
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