microgoura meeki

On the outside, Solomon's coronal pigeon has colorful feathers and a gentle call.
On their heads they have a signature crest, similar to the Victorian pigeon, but in a different direction.

This bird was endemic to the Solomons and lived mainly on the ground, but unfortunately it is now extinct.

Solomon's crown dove is known as microgoura meeki and rothschild. In the central Pacific Ocean, near the equator, there are hundreds of small islands made up of the country - Solomon Islands, one of which is called the province of Choiseul, their provincial flag painted in the middle of a pigeon with a crown, the local people call it the Solomon crown pigeon.

According to local residents, the Solomon Coronal pigeon is the same size as the domestic pigeon and often haunts the lower forests. The most famous characteristic is "lazy", which does not build nests during the breeding season, but lays eggs directly in the depression, which is very random.

Because there is no natural enemy interference, and far away from the mainland, the vigilance of Solomon Coronal pigeon slowly degraded, every day is eating and drinking, and the character slowly became "simple and honest". According to local residents, it was common to see groups of Solomon's corned pigeons playing on the ground. Even if the hunter approaches them, they will not run away, and some people can even reach out and grab it without running away. Therefore, the Solomon natives at that time liked to use them for cooking, which has continued for a long time. It was not until the 16th century that Spanish navigators arrived, followed by a large number of missionaries, merchants, immigrants and so on. With them came new species like cats and mice.

These new species are a nightmare for Solomon's corned pigeons, not only killing Solomon's corned pigeons, but also destroying their eggs, causing a large number of Solomon's corned pigeons to die. In order to survive, the people who came to the area vigorously exploited the local resources, resulting in the deforestation and replacement of cash crops, and the habitat of Solomon's coronal pigeon was reduced.

The most hateful is that some so-called "collectors" like to catch Solomon's corned pigeon and make it into a specimen, and a "fashion" has been formed. The last recorded capture of a Solomon Corned pigeon was in 1904.

Scientists have been searching for the bird for decades, thinking it may still be found on some isolated islands, but so far nothing has been found. Finally, a few decades later, the International Union for Conservation of Nature declared it extinct, and since then the creature has never been seen on Earth, leaving only a few shriveled specimens to show its former beauty.

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