Peck Peck A peck is an imperial and United States customary unit of dry volume, equivalent to 2 dry gallons or 8 dry quarts or 16 dry pints (9.09 (UK) or 8.81 (US) liters). Two pecks make a kenning (obsolete), and four pecks make a bushel. Although the peck is no longer widely used, some produce, such as apples, is still often sold by the peck. Despite being referenced in the well-known Peter Piper tongue twister, pickled peppers are so rarely sold by the peck that any association between pickled peppers and the peck unit of measurement is considered humorous in
Imperial pigeon the Australian pied imperial pigeon, the Torres Strait pigeon or the Torresian imperial pigeon. Imperial pigeons are only found in southern Asia, Australia, New Guinea and the Pacific, a distribution from the Himalayas ("D. badia") to Tahiti in the South Pacific ("D. aurorare"). The greatest diversity of birds is in New Guinea. Imperial pigeons are strong fliers, are capable of flight over oceans, and have been successful in colonising islands and archipelagos. Australia has a poor representation of "Ducula" amongst its fauna, with only one species breeding on the mainland ("D. spilorrhoa"). There is no clear explanation why more species