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Norfolk Ground Dove

Pampusana norfolkensis

Not Evaluated

Famille

Columbidae

Ordre

Columbiformes

The Norfolk Ground Dove (Pampusana norfolkensis) is known only from the historical record. A small columbid of some 20-23 cm, dark brown above and pale buff below with bare facial skin, it lived on Norfolk Island in the south-western Pacific and was last confirmed in the 1800s. Hunting and the clearance of habitat that followed European settlement removed it within a few generations of contact. No weight or wingspan measurements were taken before the species disappeared, and no modern data on the living bird exist.

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Small ground dove, 20–23 cm, with dark brown upperparts and pale buff underparts. Extinct; formerly inhabited Norfolk Island in the southwestern Pacific. Last confirmed record in the 1800s; became extinct through hunting and habitat clearance following European settlement.

Identification

Plumage

Norfolk Ground Dove: dark brown above; pale below; bare facial skin; Norfolk island endemic; now extinct; lost island species

Habitat & Range

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Taxonomie

Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Chordata
Class	Aves
Ordre	Columbiformes (Pigeons & Doves)
Famille	Columbidae (Pigeons & Doves)
Genus	Pampusana
Espèces	Pampusana norfolkensis