Salawati and Aru Is through New Guinea (including Yapen, Karkar) to D'Entrecasteaux Is (Goodenough, Fergusson), Basilaki I and Louisiade Archipelago (Misima).
 
Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).
Zoe's Imperial Pigeon (Ducula zoeae) [XC38305]
by Iain Woxvold from Varirata National Park, National Capital District, Papua New Guinea (call, song)
Zoe's Imperial Pigeon (Ducula zoeae) [XC209655]
by Marc Anderson from Nimbokrang, Papua, Indonesia (song)
Subspecies
A distinctive form with no clear close relatives. Has been suggested to have affinities with Collared Imperial-Pigeon (Ducula mullerii), based on the attenuated first primary present in both species.