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
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
Rodrigues solitaire
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The Rodrigues solitaire is an extinct flightless bird that was endemic to the island of Rodrigues, east of Madagascar in the Indian Ocean. A member of the family of pigeons and doves, it was most clos
Nicobar pigeon
…member of the genus Caloenas alongside the extinct spotted green pigeon and Kanaka pigeon, and is the closest living relative of the extinct dodo and Rodrigues solitaire. In 1738, the English naturalist Eleazar Albin included a description and two illustrations of the Nicobar pigeon in his A Natural History of Birds…
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A Nicobar pigeon, the closest living relative of the Rodrigues solitaire and the dodo according to DNA studies
1708 drawing by François Leguat, the only known illustration of this species by someone who observed it alive
1854 restoration by Hermann Schlegel