Microgoura meeki

Threats

Taxonomy [top]

Kingdom	Phylum	Class	Order	Family
ANIMALIA	CHORDATA	AVES	COLUMBIFORMES	COLUMBIDAE

Scientific Name:

Microgoura meeki

Species Authority:

Rothschild, 1904

Common Name/s:

English

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Choiseul Pigeon, Solomon Islands Crowned-pigeon

Red List Category & Criteria:

Extinct ver 3.1

Year Published:

2008

Assessor/s:

BirdLife International

Reviewer/s:

Bird, J., Butchart, S.

History:

Range Description:	Microgoura meeki was endemic to Choiseul, Solomon Islands, from where it is known from six skins and a single egg³. It has not been recorded since 1904² despite searching and interviews with villagers¹.
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Habitat and Ecology:	It was probably a forest species.
Systems:	Terrestrial

Major Threat(s):	Its extinction was presumably caused by predation by feral dogs and cats, as suitable habitat survives on the island¹.

Major Threat(s):

Its extinction was presumably caused by predation by feral dogs and cats, as suitable habitat survives on the island¹.

Citation:	BirdLife International 2008. Microgoura meeki. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 26 May 2012.
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