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The species Choiseul Pigeon is extinct.

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Microgoura meeki

[edit] Identification

30cm. Dark blue crest, black face, red hued head, dark blue breast and mantle, brown tinged lower back, olive brown wings and rump, chestnut belly, dark brown purple hued tail, black upper bill, red lower bill, purple red legs.

[edit] Distribution

Endemic to Choiseul Island in the NW Solomon Islands.

[edit] Taxonomy

Monotypic.

[edit] Habitat

Forest.

[edit] Behaviour

[edit] References

Wikipedia, BirdLife International

[edit] External Links