Pigeons and Doves (Columbidae)

Vanuatu Imperial-pigeon (Ducula bakeri) - HBW 4, p. 236

French: Carpophage de Baker German: Kurzflügel-Fruchttaube Spanish: Dúcula de Nuevas Hébridas
Other common names: Vanuatu Mountain-pigeon, Baker's Imperial-pigeon/Pigeon

Taxonomy: Muscadivora bakeri Kinnear, 1928, Santo, Vanuatu.
Forms a superspecies with D. latrans, D. brenchleyi and D. goliath; this group also shows some affinities with the D. pinon species-group. Monotypic.

Distribution: Banks Is (Ureparapara, Vanua Lava, Gaua) and N Vanuatu (Espíritu Santo, Ambae, Maewo, Pentecost, Ambrym).