Name:Trugon terrestris
Alias:Trugon terrestris,Thick-billed Ground Pigeon
Outline:Landfowl
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length:About 26 cm
Weight:No textual research information is available
Life:No textual research information is available
IUCN:LC
Gallicolumba salamonis is an extinct species of pigeon. Little is known about the thick-billed pigeon, with only two specimens collected in 1882 and 1927. The prototype is now housed at the Australian Museum in Sydney. They build their nests on the ground, making them easy prey for invading rats, wild pigs, feral cats and dogs. Deforestation and overhunting of lowland forests contributed to their extinction. With the exception of a sighting in 1927, the IUCN has never declared it extinct. Many studies were conducted in the 20th century, but they failed to find them, and they were officially declared extinct in 2005. They were probably wiped out by World War II.
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