Tooth-billed pigeon
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The tooth-billed pigeon, also known as the manumea, is a large pigeon found only in Samoa. It is the only living species of genus Didunculus. A related extinct species, the Tongan tooth-billed pigeon,
Illustration by John Gould (probably from stuffed specimens)
Illustration in habitat by Gustav Mützel
Live specimen, 1901
Raphina
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The Raphina are a clade of extinct flightless birds formerly called didines or didine birds. They inhabited the Mascarene Islands of Mauritius and Rodrigues, but became extinct through hunting by huma
Skulls of the dodo and Rodrigues solitaire, the latter having been scaled up for comparison
The Nicobar pigeon (Caloenas nicobarica) is the closest living relative of the dodo and the Rodrigues solitaire.
Famous depiction of a dodo with a lesser Antillean macaw (left), Martinique macaw (right), and red rail (bottom)