Barking Imperial Pigeon

Barking Imperial Pigeon
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Columbiformes
Family:	Columbidae
Genus:	Ducula
Species:	D. latrans
Binomial name
Ducula latrans (Peale, 1848)

The Barking Imperial Pigeon (Ducula latrans) is a species of bird in the pigeon family Columbidae. It is endemic to Fiji, where is occurs on most of the medium and large islands.

Its natural habitats are mature tropical moist lowland forests and tropical moist montane forest. The species is one of two imperial-pigeons found in Fiji, the other, the Pacific Imperial Pigeon, is found on smaller islands.

The Barking Imperial Pigeon is frugivorous, feeding on large fruits of the Cananga, Dysoxylum and Myristica (nutmegs). It feeds as singles or as pairs, occasionally occurring in small flocks on fruiting trees. The breeding season of this species from May to January, with a single egg being laid on an insubstantial twig nest.

References

• BirdLife International 2004
• Ducula latrans
• 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species

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