Species
- Pink-bellied Imperial Pigeon (Ducula poliocephala)
- White-bellied Imperial Pigeon (Ducula forsteni)
- Mindoro Imperial Pigeon (Ducula mindorensis)
- Grey-headed Imperial Pigeon (Ducula radiata)
- Spotted Imperial Pigeon (Ducula carola)
- Green Imperial Pigeon (Ducula aenea)
- Spectacled Imperial Pigeon (Ducula perspicillata)
- Elegant Imperial Pigeon (Ducula concinna)
- Pacific Imperial Pigeon (Ducula pacifica)
- Micronesian Imperial Pigeon (Ducula oceanica)
- Polynesian Imperial Pigeon (Ducula aurorae)
- Marquesan Imperial Pigeon (Ducula galeata)
- Red-knobbed Imperial Pigeon (Ducula rubricera)
- Spice Imperial Pigeon (Ducula myristicivora)
- Island Imperial Pigeon (Ducula pistrinaria)
- Christmas Imperial Pigeon (Ducula whartoni)
- Pink-headed Imperial Pigeon (Ducula rosacea)
- Grey Imperial Pigeon (Ducula pickeringii)
- Cinnamon-bellied Imperial Pigeon (Ducula basilica)
- Purple-tailed Imperial Pigeon (Ducula rufigaster)
- Finsch's Imperial Pigeon (Ducula finschii)
- Rufescent Imperial Pigeon (Ducula chalconota)
- Barking Imperial Pigeon (Ducula latrans)
- Chestnut-bellied Imperial Pigeon (Ducula brenchleyi)
- Vanuatu Imperial Pigeon (Ducula bakeri)
- Goliath Imperial Pigeon (Ducula goliath)
- Pinon's Imperial Pigeon (Ducula pinon)
- Black Imperial Pigeon (Ducula melanochroa)
- Collared Imperial Pigeon (Ducula mullerii)
- Zoe's Imperial Pigeon (Ducula zoeae)
- Mountain Imperial Pigeon (Ducula badia)
- Dark-backed Imperial Pigeon (Ducula lacernulata)
- Timor Imperial Pigeon (Ducula cineracea)
- Pied Imperial Pigeon (Ducula bicolor)
- Silver-tipped Imperial Pigeon (Ducula luctuosa)
- Torresian Imperial Pigeon (Ducula spilorrhoa)
- Yellowish Imperial Pigeon (Ducula subflavescens)
Prehistoric extinct species:
- Henderson Imperial Pigeon, Ducula harrisoni (Henderson Island, S Pacific)
- Lakeba Imperial Pigeon, Ducula lakeba (Lakeba, Fiji)
- Steadman's Imperial Pigeon, Ducula david ('Eua, Tonga, and Wallis Island)
- Tongan Imperial Pigeon, Ducula sp. ('Eua, Foa and Lifuka, Tonga) - may be D. david, D. lakeba or new species
- Ducula cf. galeata (Cook Islands) - possibly new species
- Ducula cf. galeata (Society Islands) - possibly new species
- Ducula sp. (Viti Levu, Fiji) - may be D. lakeba
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