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Come@Me: Don’t Mourn for Extinct Birds

10,000 Birds

Pink pigeon near Le Pétrin, Mauritius by Michael Hanselmann, used under Creative Commons license. A bit of background: Pink Pigeons are medium-sized, pink/gray/ brown birds found on the island of Mauritius, Indian Ocean, east of Madagascar. Is it any wonder that Pink Pigeons were on the brink of extinction when humans intervened?

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Parrots: Brazil’s Colorful Avian Clowns

10,000 Birds

With their strong flight and capability to disperse, parrots have managed to colonize almost every major island group from Tahiti to Mauritius to Dominica. There are nectar feeders, dedicated frugivores, specialized seed predators and more. There seems to be a parrot for almost any ecological situation.

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