What are Some Extinct Bird Species?

Dodo, or Dodo, also known as Mauritius Dodo, Fool Dove, Lone Pigeon, is a kind of flightless bird only on the island of Mauritius in the Indian Ocean. Just 200 years after being discovered by humans, this bird was completely extinct due to human hunting and the impact of human activities. It is one of the most famous extinct animals besides dinosaurs. It is also the only extinct bird in Mauritius that has been designated as the national bird. The Dodo became extinct in 1681. In August 2016, the world's most complete Dodo bone auction value was 4.4 million ^[1] .

Dodo

(Extinct birds)

Physical specimen

Dodo survives

Extinction time: Late 17th century

Causes of extinction: Pigs and monkeys brought to the island by Dutch sailors when they docked in Mauritius played a decisive role in the extinction of the dodo. For example, monkeys eat dodo baby birds and bird eggs.

Place of previous life: Mauritius

Features: about 1 meter tall, large in size, slow in sex, and not flying

Food: fruits, seeds

Factual feature: lives only on the island of Mauritius, east of Madagascar on the Indian Ocean,

However, the study found that the DNA samples contained in the two bone fossils found by excavation can revive the Dodo.

There are 3 species in the Columbidae family. The other two are R. solitarius (extinct in 1746) on Reunion and Rodrigues (Rodrigues) Pegasophlessolitaria (extinct in about 1790). The Reunion pigeon may be an albino variant of the Dodo. The Rodriguez Lone Pigeon is light brown, taller and thinner, with a smaller head, a short beak without a thick hook tip, and a raised wing.