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 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