Caption
Illustration of extinct pigeons. Clockwise from top right: red-moustached fruit dove (Ptilinopus mercieri tristrami) - extinct 1920,Hivoa,Maquesas; Marquesas fruit dove (Ptilinopus mercieri mercieri) - extinct 1850,Nukuhiva,Maquesas; Norfolk Island pigeon (Hemiphaga novaeseelandiae spadicea) - exticnt 1840,Norfolk Island; Cebu amethyst fruit dove (Phapitreron amethystine frontalis) - extinct 1890,Cebu,Philippines; tanna ground dove (Gallicolumba ferruginea) (male and female) - extinct 1774,Tanna Island,New Hebrides; spotted green pigeon (Caloenas maculata) - extinct c 1780,unknown provenance; passenger pigeon (Ectopistes migratorius) - extinct 1914, United States.
Availability
Only inBelgium, Canada, France, Luxembourg, Switzerland