Bonin wood pigeon (English name: Columba versicolor)

Japanese: オガサワラカラスバト(英語表記)Columba versicolor; Bonin wood pigeon
Bonin wood pigeon (English name: Columba versicolor)
Columbiformes, family Pigeonidae. Total length 43cm. Endemic to the Ogasawara Islands, it became extinct before 1900. There are only three specimens in existence in the world, one each in the Zoological Museum of the Russian Academy of Sciences in Russia, the Senckenberg Natural History Museum in Germany, and the Natural History Museum in London in the UK. The whole body is slate black, with a strong purple-green metallic sheen on the head and back. It resembles the Japanese wood pigeon, which is common on Japanese islands, but is slightly larger and has a stronger green sheen. It was collected on Chichijima and Nakodojima, and the last specimen was collected on Nakodojima in 1889. Nothing is known about its ecology.

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Japanese:
ハト目ハト科。全長 43cm。小笠原諸島固有種で,1900年以前に絶滅した。現存する標本は世界に 3点だけで,ロシアのロシア科学アカデミー動物学博物館,ドイツのゼンケンベルク自然博物館,イギリスのロンドン自然史博物館に 1点ずつ所蔵されている。全身スレート黒色で,頭部や背は紫緑色の金属光沢を強く帯びている。日本の島嶼などに多いカラスバトに似ているが,少し大型で,緑色光沢が強い。採集地は父島と媒島(なこうどじま)で,最後の標本は媒島で 1889年に採集された。生態などについてはなにもわかっていない。

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