Tooth-billed pigeon

Not to be confused with Manuma.

Tooth-billed pigeon
Mounted specimen at the Naturalis Biodiversity Center
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Columbiformes
Family: Columbidae
Genus: Didunculus
Species:
D. strigirostris
Binomial name
Didunculus strigirostris
(Jardine, 1845)

The tooth-billed pigeon (Didunculus strigirostris), also known as the manumea, is a large pigeon found only in Samoa. It is the only living species of genus Didunculus. A related extinct species, the Tongan tooth-billed pigeon (Didunculus placopedetes), is only known from subfossil remains in several archeological sites in Tonga.[2][3] The tooth-billed pigeon is the national bird of Samoa and featured on the 20 tālā bills and the 50 sene pieces of the 2008/2011 series. Native only to Samoa's primary rainforest, it is considered to be endangered, with only a few hundred individuals thought to remain in existence.

  1. ^ BirdLife International (2019) [amended version of 2018 assessment]. "Didunculus strigirostris". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T22691890A156841404. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T22691890A156841404.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
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