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==Identification==
 
==Identification==
 
Extinct.
 
Extinct.
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25 cm. It had a chocolate brown head. The bill was a pale bluish grey hue and had a black tip. The back and the wings were coloured brown. The lower back and the tail were exhibit a rufous brown colouring. The underwing coverts and the outer webs were greyish purple. The breast, the abdomen, and the undertail coverts were ochre yellow. The mid rectrices were olive brown and outer rectrices bueish grey. The feet were greyish brown, the eyes orange.
 
==Distribution==
 
==Distribution==
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Raiatea
 
==Taxonomy==
 
==Taxonomy==
 
==Habitat==
 
==Habitat==
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Woodland
 
==Behaviour==
 
==Behaviour==
 
==External Links==
 
==External Links==

Revision as of 12:46, 20 September 2007

Cyanoramphus ulietanus

Identification

Extinct.

25 cm. It had a chocolate brown head. The bill was a pale bluish grey hue and had a black tip. The back and the wings were coloured brown. The lower back and the tail were exhibit a rufous brown colouring. The underwing coverts and the outer webs were greyish purple. The breast, the abdomen, and the undertail coverts were ochre yellow. The mid rectrices were olive brown and outer rectrices bueish grey. The feet were greyish brown, the eyes orange.

Distribution

Raiatea

Taxonomy

Habitat

Woodland

Behaviour

External Links

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