Bonin wood pigeon

Bonin wood pigeon
1832 illustration by Heinrich von Kittlitz

Extinct (1889)  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
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 and Chichi-jima in the Ogasawara Islands, south of Japan.[2] It is known from four recorded specimens, the first from 1827 and the last from 1889.[3] 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.[4]

  1. ^ BirdLife International (2016). "Columba versicolor". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22690218A93265793. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22690218A93265793.en. Retrieved 13 November 2021.
  2. ^ "Bonin wood pigeon - Google Search". www.google.com. Retrieved 2019-02-11.
  3. ^ "Bonin Woodpigeon – Planet of Birds". Retrieved 2019-02-11.
  4. ^ "Bonin Woodpigeon (Columba versicolor) Extinct bird species". www.avibirds.com. Retrieved 2019-02-11.[permanent dead link]