Species
Critically Endangeredvia IUCN
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Didunculus
- Image
- Tooth-billed Pigeon.jpg
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- taxon rank
- species
- IUCN conservation status
- Critically Endangered
- taxon name
- Didunculus strigirostris
- Commons category
- Didunculus strigirostris
- taxon common name
- pombo-de-bico-dentado
- different from
- Atlantic wolffish
- short name
- D. strigirostris
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Encyclopedic overview
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. 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.
Description
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