NATURAL HISTORY · CATALOGUE RECORD
Pacific Imperial Pigeon
Ducula pacifica (J. F. Gmelin, 1789)
Source-backed taxonomic record
Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.
Pacific imperial-pigeon (Ducula pacifica) Rarotonga, Cook Islands
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Open encyclopedia reference
The Pacific imperial pigeon, Pacific pigeon, Pacific fruit pigeon or lupe (Ducula pacifica) is a widespread pigeon species in the family Columbidae. It is found in American Samoa, the Cook Islands, the smaller islands of eastern Fiji, Kiribati, Niue, the smaller satellite islands of Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tokelau, Tonga, Tuvalu, Vanuatu, and Wallis and Futuna Islands.
Wikipedia contributors, Pacific imperial pigeon; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T10:19:51.196877+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Ducula pacifica (J. F. Gmelin, 1789)
- Name authority
- (J. F. Gmelin, 1789)
- Common name
- Pacific Imperial Pigeon
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Aves
- Order
- Columbiformes
- Family
- Columbidae
- Genus
- Ducula
- Extinction status
- Recorded extant
Classification family tree
Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- subphylumVertebrata
- infraphylumGnathostomata
- parvphylumOsteichthyes
- megaclassTetrapoda
- classAves
- orderColumbiformes
- familyColumbidae
- subfamilyRaphinae
- genusDucula Hodgson, 1836
- speciesDucula pacifica (J. F. Gmelin, 1789)
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Ducula. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Green Imperial PigeonDucula aenea (Linnaeus, 1766) | ColumbidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Polynesian Imperial PigeonDucula aurorae (Peale, 1849) | ColumbidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Mountain Imperial PigeonDucula badia (Raffles, 1822) | ColumbidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Chestnut-bellied Imperial PigeonDucula brenchleyi (G. R. Gray, 1870) | ColumbidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Spotted Imperial PigeonDucula carola (Bonaparte, 1854) | ColumbidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Timor Imperial PigeonDucula cineracea (Temminck, 1835) | ColumbidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| White-bellied Imperial PigeonDucula forsteni (Bonaparte, 1854) | ColumbidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Silver-tipped Imperial PigeonDucula luctuosa (Temminck, 1824) | ColumbidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Mindoro Imperial PigeonDucula mindorensis (J. Whitehead, 1896) | ColumbidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Nicobar Imperial PigeonDucula nicobarica (Pelzeln, 1865) | ColumbidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Zoe's Imperial PigeonDucula zoeae (Desmarest, 1826) | ColumbidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Christmas Imperial PigeonDucula whartoni (Sharpe, 1887) | ColumbidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
Documented distribution
Source distribution statements, not a complete range map. A listed locality is not necessarily a place of origin.
Oceania
Source literature & publication evidence
References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.
- https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=177382 Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references
Origins, evidence & remaining research
Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.
Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record.
Dataset citation & attribution
This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11
Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.
Stable key: col:37Z9V. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.