Nuku Hivia Red-mustached Fruit Dove (Ptilinopus mercierii mercierii)

• last observed ca. 1849 on Nuku Hivia

• arboreal island forest herbivore endemic to Marquesas Islands, Pacific Ocean

• disappeared after introduction of rats

• References:

Fuller, E.  Extinct Birds of the World  QL676.8.F85 1987  ISBN 0-8160-1833-2   p.104

Greenway, J. C.  Extinct and Vanishing Birds of the World  QL676.7.G7 1967   p.95

King, W. Endangered Birds of the World; The ICBP Bird Red Data Book QL676.7.K56 1981 ISBN 0-87474-584-5 Preamble 8

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