Yowie Series EIGHT :   FORGOTTEN  FRIENDS  (Series A)

 

 

17- Name:  Choiseul Crested Pigeon
Scientific Name:  Microgoura meeki

This spectacular pigeon was found on Choiseul Island in the Solomon Islands. It lived in swampy lowland forests, where it fed on fruit. Although humans hunted it for food, the intrduction of cats was probably the greatest effect on its numbers. The last living bird was seen in 1904.