Barking imperial pigeon occurring in small flocks on fruiting trees. The breeding season of this species is from May to January, with a single egg being laid on an insubstantial twig nest. Barking imperial pigeon 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. 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,
Imperial pigeon al., and followed here. Four species of imperial pigeon are found in Philippines and Sulawesi. All have a distinct pale band across the centre of the tail, and a rich green or purple dorsum. This grouping shares characteristics and distribution with "Ptilinopus", and forms a link between the genera. The pink-belled ("D. poliocephala") and the white-bellied ("D. forsteni") imperial pigeon are similar and allopatric species. The Mindoro ("D. mindorensis") and the grey-headed ("D. radiata") imperial pigeons differ in size but are otherwise similar. The spotted imperial pigeon ("D. carola") is sympatric to "D. poliocephala", and though smaller, short tailed and