Choiseul Pigeon (Microgoura meeki)

Posted on 31 December, 1904 in Extinct • Tagged with Solomon Islands (Choiseul), family-COLUMBIDAE, extinct-1900s

Year Last Seen:

1904

Comments:

This species is known from Choiseul, Solomon Islands, but it has not been recorded with certainty since 1904 and is now Extinct. It is likely to have been heavily predated by introduced dogs and cats.

Habitat:

It was probably a species of lowland forests and …


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