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 distributed throughout the Pacific. The Pacific ("D. pacifica") and the Micronesian ("D. oceania") imperial pigeons are similar allospecies, while the Polynesian ("D. aurorae") and Marquesan ("D. galeata") imperial pigeons are larger birds with dark plumage. The red-knobbed imperial pigeon ("D. rubricera") and the spice imperial pigeon ("D. myristicivora") are similar but found in Melanesia and New Guinea. c) The "finschii" subgroup of four species which may be New Guinea representatives of "D. aenea" stock; the purple-tailed ("D. rufigaster"), cinnamon-bellied ("D. basilica") and Finsch's imperial pigeons, which all inhabit offshore islands. The shining or rufescent imperial pigeon ("D. chalconota") occupies more