Bonin wood pigeon

Bonin wood pigeon

Taxobox
name = Bonin Wood-pigeon
status = EX | status_system = IUCN3.1
extinct = 1889
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Aves
ordo = Columbiformes
familia = Columbidae
genus = "Columba"
species = "C. versicolor"
binomial = "Columba versicolor"
binomial_authority = 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.

References

* 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.

External links

* [http://www.internationaldovesociety.com/MiscSpecies/BoninWoodPigeon.htm International Dove Society (drawing)]


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