索羅門冕鴿

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形态与习性

The Choiseul pigeon (Microgoura meeki) is an extinct species of bird in the pigeon and dove family, Columbidae. It was endemic to the island of Choiseul in the Solomon Islands, although there are unsubstantiated reports that it may once have lived on several nearby islands. The last confirmed sighting was in 1904. Other common names were the Solomons crested pigeon, the Solomon Islands crowned-pigeon and the kuvojo. The Choiseul pigeon was monotypic within the genus Microgoura . Its closest livi