Will this species follow it's large relative, the dodo ? :
Extinction warning: racing to save the little dodo from its cousin's fate
Extinction warning: racing to save the little dodo from its cousin's fate
Less than 200 tooth-billed pigeons left
- Thread starter vogelcommando
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Thanks for posting this vogelcommando. I had no idea that this species existed - it seems like a very cool species. Hopefully they can turn its downward trajectory around.
I think that might be an older article which has been recycled (I've read it before at the least). "Less than 200" is probably an over-estimate. A rough figure I've heard more recently is "in the dozens". What is especially sad is that the species used to be relatively common just a few decades ago (estimated in the low thousands), but they were hit hard by some severe cyclones (less forest means more impact for forest birds when cyclones hit). Since I was young I have wanted to go to Samoa and see the tooth-billed pigeon and now when I finally am going (next month) I am almost certainly too late to have any chance at all 
I think that might be an older article which has been recycled (I've read it before at the least). "Less than 200" is probably an over-estimate. A rough figure I've heard more recently is "in the dozens". What is especially sad is that the species used to be relatively common just a few decades ago (estimated in the low thousands), but they were hit hard by some severe cyclones (less forest means more impact for forest birds when cyclones hit). Since I was young I have wanted to go to Samoa and see the tooth-billed pigeon and now when I finally am going (next month) I am almost certainly too late to have any chance at all
Cannot be all that old, as the article does in fact discuss the impact cylones in December 2012 may have had on the species. The quote within about the number of individuals tallies with what you have said, though:
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Haven't heard of this species up until now, but it's a shame that it's headed toward extinction. Seems like every new species I find out about is endangered or is headed that way. Such a shame.
nanoboy
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What a fantastic bird!
On a side note, these Mongabay articles read clumsily, with many typos and grammatical errors - as though I wrote it. Surely there must be an army of volunteers out there that can assist with editing? Great articles suddenly have a very amateur feel about them that call their 'facts' into question.
On a side note, these Mongabay articles read clumsily, with many typos and grammatical errors - as though I wrote it. Surely there must be an army of volunteers out there that can assist with editing? Great articles suddenly have a very amateur feel about them that call their 'facts' into question.