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Photo by tony.saw
Chatham Island, November 2009
Hemiphaga chathamensis

Identification

Distribution

Endemic to the Chatham Islands, New Zealand.

Taxonomy

This is a monotypic species.

It has been considered conspecific with New Zealand Pigeon and the now lumped, extinct Norfolk Island Pigeon.

Habitat

Native forests.

Behaviour

Diet includes ripe fruit.

References

  1. Clements, JF. 2010. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to December 2010. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019. Spreadsheet available at http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/Clements%206.5.xls/view

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