| Barking imperial pigeon | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Columbiformes |
| Family: | Columbidae |
| Genus: | Ducula |
| Species: | D. latrans
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| Binomial name | |
| Ducula latrans (Peale, 1849)
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The barking imperial pigeon (Ducula latrans), also known as Peale's imperial pigeon, is a species of bird in the pigeon family Columbidae. It is endemic to Fiji, where it occurs on most of the medium and large islands.[2][3]
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.[citation needed]
- ^ BirdLife International (2016). "Ducula latrans". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22691739A93323067. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22691739A93323067.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
- ^ Mahler, Bettina; Araujo, Lidia S.; Tubaro, Pablo L. (2003). "Dietary and Sexual Correlates of Carotenoid Pigment Expression in Dove Plumage". The Condor. 105 (2): 258–267. doi:10.1093/condor/105.2.258. JSTOR 1370545.
- ^ Wragg, Graham M.; Worthy, T.H. (January 2006). "A new species of extinct imperial pigeon (Ducula: Columbidae) from Henderson Island, Pitcairn Group". Historical Biology. 18 (2): 131–144. Bibcode:2006HBio...18..131W. doi:10.1080/08912960600640853. S2CID 83945006.