Bonin_wood_pigeon
Bonin wood pigeon
Extinct species of bird
The Bonin wood pigeon (Columba versicolor) was a pigeon endemic to Nakodo-jima and Chichi-jima in the Ogasawara Islands, south of Japan.[2] It is known from four recorded specimens, the first from 1827 and the last from 1889.[3] They averaged a length of 45 cm. This pigeon died out late in the 19th century as a result of deforestation, hunting, and predation by introduced rats and cats.[4]