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The species Dodo is extinct.

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Raphus cucullatus

[edit] Identification

One-metre high. It had greyish plumage, a 23-cm, hooked bill, very small wings, yellow legs, bare facial skin, yellow eyes, some longer white feathers on the wings and tail.

It has been extinct since 1681.

[edit] Distribution

Mauritius.

[edit] Taxonomy

Clements places Dodo in Raphidae, together with the also extinct Reunion Solitaire and Rodriguez Solitaire.

[edit] Habitat

Forests.

[edit] Behaviour

Flightless.

The diet included fruit and seeds.

It nested on the ground and a single egg was laid.

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