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Extinct

Thick-billed Ground Dove

Pampusana salamonis

Thick-billed Ground Dove (Pampusana salamonis) — Pigeons & Doves of Australia & Oceania.

The Thick-billed Ground Dove (Pampusana salamonis) is a member of the Columbidae family found in Australia & Oceania. The IUCN Red List lists it as Extinct.

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EX Extinct

No reasonable doubt that the last individual has died.

Where it fits

  1. Class Aves
  2. Order Columbiformes
  3. Family Columbidae Pigeons, Doves
  4. Genus Pampusana
  5. Species salamonis

Where it lives

Makira and Ramos (north of Isabel; southeastern Solomon Is.)

Quick facts

Family
Columbidae

Biology & behaviour

The Thick-billed Ground Dove (Pampusana salamonis) is a species of pigeons, doves in the family Columbidae, order Columbiformes. It is found in Australia & Oceania — Makira and Ramos (n of Isabel; se Solomon Is.).

Conservation

Extinct

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Meet the Columbidae

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