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The complete guide to Dodo relatives, living and dead

10,000 Birds

Solomon Islanders say that the species was driven to extinction by cats and dogs introduced by Europeans. In 2001, Trevor Worthy described a set of bones from Fiji as a new species of very large, flightless pigeon: the Viti Levu Giant Pigeon ( Natunaornis gigoura ). Choiseul Pigeon ( Microgoura meeki ) by J.G.