Dodo
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The dodo is an extinct flightless bird that was endemic to Mauritius, an island east of Madagascar in the Indian Ocean. The dodo's closest relative was the also-extinct and flightless Rodrigues solita
Oxford Dodo display
The Nicobar pigeon is the closest living relative of the dodo.
1848 lithograph of the Oxford specimen's foot, which has been used to sample DNA for genetic analyses
1601 engraving showing Dutch activities on the shore of Mauritius and the first published depiction of a dodo on the left (2, called "Walchvoghel")
Nicobar pigeon
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The Nicobar pigeon or Nicobar dove is a bird found on small islands and in coastal regions from the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India, east through the Indonesian Archipelago, to the Solomons and Pal
Dodo
…flightless birds that are a part of the group that includes pigeons and doves (the family Columbidae). The closest living relative of the dodo is the Nicobar pigeon. A white dodo was once thought to have existed on the nearby island of Réunion, but it is now believed that this assumption was merely confusion based…
Caloenas nicobarica, Ko Miang, Thailand 1
The white tail is the most conspicuous feature of adult Nicobar pigeons, particularly when seen at a distance in twilight.
An adult on Mu Ko Similan in the Similan Islands, Thailand, showing the iridescent scapulars
Close up of the head, Ko Miang, Similan Islands, Thailand