tooth-billed pigeon
didunculus strigirostris latin

The Tooth-billed Pigeon is confined to undisturbed forests of Samoa in the Pacific.

The Tooth-billed Pigeon is a medium-sized, approximately 31 cm long, dark pigeon with reddish feet and red bare skin around the eye.

The Tooth-billed Pigeon (Didunculus strigirostris), also known as the Manumea, is a large pigeon found only in Samoa.

The Tooth-billed Pigeon (Didunculus strigirostris) feeds mainly on the fruits of the Dysoxylum trees growing in its native Samoa.

Tongan Tooth-billed Pigeon, Didunculus placopedetes (Tonga, Pacific)

The following cladogram, from Shapiro and colleagues (2002), shows the Tooth-billed Pigeon's closest relationships within Columbidae, a clade consisting of generally ground-dwelling island endemics.

The forest is also one of the few habitats for the endemic and endangered Tooth-billed Pigeon (Didunculus strigirostris), called Manumea, the national bird of Samoa.

This genus name was also invalidy given to the Tooth-billed Pigeon by Jardine in 1845, and by Verrill in 1889 to starfish now in Odontaster.

The Tooth-billed Pigeon, (Didunculus strigirostris), also known as 'the manumea is also endemic and now increasingly rear leading to the current proposition to upgrade it to critically endangered.

The affinities of the new genus are uncertain, but comparisons with other taxa suggest that, among living species, it is most closely related to the Nicobar Pigeon or the Tooth-billed Pigeon.

Fauna includes two varieties of bat and 22 bird species including the endangered Tooth-billed Pigeon (Didunculus strigirostris), also known as Samoan Pigeon which are confined to undisturbed forests.

These include the rare and unusual Tooth-billed Pigeon (Didinculus strigirostris) known locally as Manumea, the national bird of Samoa and other birds such as the Maomao honeyeater (Gymnomyza samoensis).

"Mangrove Kingfisher" and "Tooth-Billed Pigeon," shown here as original watercolors, are notable not only for their rendering of plumage, brilliant or drab, but for Peale's solid grasp of avian idiosyncrasies as well.

Natural habitats for the Tooth-billed Pigeon in Samoa include the Central Savai'i Rainforest, Tafua Preserve, Fagaloa Bay - Uafato Tiavea Conservation Zone on Upolu Island, and Nu'ulua island.

Genetic evidence was interpreted to show that the Southeast Asian Nicobar Pigeon is their closest living relative, followed by Crowned Pigeons of New Guinea, and the superficially Dodo-like Tooth-billed Pigeon from Samoa.

Nu'ulua has a land area of 25 hectares and is a habitat for locally and regionally endemic birds including the endangered Tooth-billed Pigeon, (Didunculus strigirostris), also known as Samoan Pigeon, and an endemic bat (Pteropus samoensis).

The Tooth-billed Pigeon (Didunculus strigirostris), also known as the Manumea, is a large pigeon found only in Samoa.

The Tooth-billed Pigeon (Didunculus strigirostris) feeds mainly on the fruits of the Dysoxylum trees growing in its native Samoa.

The forest is also one of the few habitats for the endemic and endangered Tooth-billed Pigeon (Didunculus strigirostris), called Manumea, the national bird of Samoa.

The Tooth-billed Pigeon, (Didunculus strigirostris), also known as 'the manumea is also endemic and now increasingly rear leading to the current proposition to upgrade it to critically endangered.

Fauna includes two varieties of bat and 22 bird species including the endangered Tooth-billed Pigeon (Didunculus strigirostris), also known as Samoan Pigeon which are confined to undisturbed forests.

Nu'ulua has a land area of 25 hectares and is a habitat for locally and regionally endemic birds including the endangered Tooth-billed Pigeon, (Didunculus strigirostris), also known as Samoan Pigeon, and an endemic bat (Pteropus samoensis).