| Tongan tooth-billed pigeon | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Columbiformes |
| Family: | Columbidae |
| Genus: | Didunculus |
| Species: | †D. placopedetes
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| Binomial name | |
| †Didunculus placopedetes Steadman, 2006[1]
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| Approximate distribution map prior to extinction
Year-round
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The Tongan tooth-billed pigeon (Didunculus placopedetes), is an extinct species of pigeon that was endemic to Tonga that lived in the Quaternary period. A related species, the tooth-billed pigeon (Didunculus strigirostris), is the only known living species in its genus.[2]
- ^ "An extinct species of tooth-billed pigeon (Didunculus) from the Kingdom of Tonga, and the concept of endemism in insular landbirds" (PDF). Florida Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 5 January 2023.
- ^ "Didunculus placopedetes Steadman 2006". Fossilworks. Retrieved 5 January 2023.