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A large fruit-eating bird, the Tongoenas burleyi, joins the dodo in the lineup of giant island pigeons hunted to extinction. #ornithology Extinct Birds, Feathered Dinosaurs, Dinosaur Facts, University Of New Mexico, National History, Archaeology News, Palaeontology, Paleontologist, Prehistoric Animals
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Giant, fruit-gulping pigeon eaten into extinction on Pacific islands

A large fruit-eating bird from Tonga joins the dodo in the lineup of giant island pigeons hunted to extinction. Fossils show that Tongoenas burleyi, a newly described genus and… 
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