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extinct bird part PDF generated using the open source mwlib toolkit See http code pediapress com for more information PDF generated at Thu Feb UTC CContents Articles Choiseul Pigeon Great Auk Hawaiian Rail Hawai ?i ? ? ? Huia Kangaroo Island Emu K ?ma ?o Labrador Duck Laughing Owl Laysan Rail Lord Howe Swamphen New Zealand Quail Passenger Pigeon Seychelles Parakeet Stephens Island Wren References Article Sources and Contributors Image Sources Licenses and Contributors Article Licenses License CChoiseul Pigeon Choiseul Pigeon Choiseul Pigeon Conservation status Extinct IUCN Scienti ?c classi ?cation Kingdom Animalia Phylum Chordata Class Aves Order Columbiformes Family Columbidae Genus Microgoura Rothschild Species M meeki Binomial name Microgoura meeki Rothschild The Choiseul Pigeon also known as the Choiseul Crested Pigeon Microgoura meeki is a presumedly extinct pigeon which was only known on the Solomon island of Choiseul in the Paci ?c This species was ?rst described by Walter Rothschild in and named in honour of Albert Stewart Meek The Choiseul islanders called that species kukuru-ni-lua which means ground pigeon There is a painting by John Gerrard Keulemans in the American Museum of Natural History in New York City CChoiseul Pigeon Description This species had a length of approximately cm roughly the size of a chicken On the top of the head was a dark bluish crest similar to the Crowned Pigeons of Papua New Guinea The forehead and the front of the face were black the rest of the head was sparsely pinnate with a reddish hue Mantle and breast had a dark blueish colour with a brown tinge on the lower back The wings and the backside were olive brown The tail was dark brown with a purple hue The abdomen had a chestnut coloured tone The upper side of the bill was black the lower side red The legs were purplish red It is not known whether there were di ?erences between the sexes Illustration by J G Keulemans Extinction In six specimens were shot by Albert Stewart Meek a bird collector for Lord Walter Rothschild and brought to the Walter Rothschild Zoological Museum at Tring An egg was also collected He did not ?nd the Choiseul Pigeon in Bougainville Island but was informed of its presence on the adjacent islands of Santa Isabel and Malaita Because of Rothschild's ?nancial di ?culties ?ve skins were sold to the American Museum of Natural History On further expeditions in and no specimens were found It is assumed that the Choiseul Pigeon was not only a victim of human hunters but also fell victim of destruction brought by non-native feral cats and dogs that were introduced to the islands References BirdLife International Microgoura meeki http www iucnredlist org apps redlist details IUCN Red List of Threatened Species Version International Union for Conservation of Nature Retrieved July Greenway J C Extinct and Vanishing Birds of the World Dover Publications New York del Hoyo J Elliott A Sargatal J editors Handbook of the Birds of the World Volume Sandgrouse to Cuckoos