last collected for Cambridge University Museum in 1870 on Mahe Island
16" tree-dwelling Fruit eater of island montane forest endemic to Mahe and Silhouette, Seychelles Islands
specimens in Boston, New York, London, and Paris
disappeared after hunting for pest control; probably diminished also by deforestation
References:
Greenway, J. C. Extinct and Vanishing Birds of the World QL676.7.G7 1967 p.331
King, W. Endangered Birds of the World; The ICBP Bird Red Data Book QL676.7.K56 1981 ISBN 0-87474-584-5 Preamble 8
Nilsson, G. The Endangered Species Handbook QL82.N55 1983 ISBN 0-938-424-09-7 p.211
Ziswiler, V. Extinct and Vanishing Animals QL88.Z513 1967 p.109
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