Raphus cucullatus

Also known as dodo bird

specie di uccello estinto

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The dodo was a large, flightless bird that lived on the island of Mauritius in the Indian Ocean until it went extinct, and it is notable as a member of the pigeon and dove family whose closest living relative today is the Nicobar pigeon. The dodo's extinction makes it a significant example of a species that disappeared, and it shared this fate with its closest relative, the Rodrigues solitaire, another flightless bird from a nearby island.

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Wikidata facts

Mass: 10.2
Image: Dodo head Dinkel.jpg
Height: 1

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taxon rank: species
IUCN conservation status: extinct species
taxon name: Raphus cucullatus
Commons category: Raphus cucullatus
Commons gallery: Raphus cucullatus
endemic to: Mauritius Island
time of earliest written record: 1598-00-00
different from: Dudu
Unicode character: 🦤
extinction date: 1662-00-00
taxon common name: Pasărea Dodo
end time: 1662-00-00
location of discovery: Mauritius Island
start time: 23030000-0
on focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4
short name: R. cucullatus
taxon range: Africa

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Article · Italiano

Il dodo o dronte (Raphus cucullatus Linnaeus, 1758) era un uccello columbiforme della famiglia Columbidae, endemico dell'isola di Mauritius. Era incapace di volare, si nutriva di frutti e nidificava a terra. Si estinse rapidamente nella seconda metà del XVII secolo in seguito all'arrivo sull'isola dei portoghesi e degli olandesi.

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