Bonin wood pigeon

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Bonin Wood-pigeon
Conservation status
Extinct  (1889) (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Aves Order: Columbiformes Family: Columbidae Genus: Columba Species: C. versicolor
Binomial name
Columba versicolor Kittlitz, 1832

The Bonin Wood-pigeon (Columba versicolor) was a pigeon endemic to Nakodo-jima ("Nakondo" is a frequent spelling error) and Chichi-jima in the Ogasawara Islands off the coast of Japan. It is known from four recorded specimens, the first from 1827 and the last from 1889. They averaged a length of 45 cm. This pigeon died out late in the 19th century as a result of deforestation, hunting, and predation by introduced rats and cats.

[edit] References

• BirdLife International (2004). Columba versicolor. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN 2006. Retrieved on 10 May 2006. Database entry includes justification for why this species is listed as extinct
• Kittlitz, Heinrich von (1832): Kupfertafeln zur Naturgeschichte der Vögel 1: 5, plate V/2. Frankfurt.

[edit] External link

• International Dove Society (drawing)