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This Puzzling Dove Is Endangered And More Evolutionarily Distinct Than The Dodo
For a long time, nobody has really known how the Cuban blue-headed quail dove arrived on the island. But now, […] ...
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Blue butterflies return to San Francisco Presidio, 80 years after Xerces species extinction
The California Academy of Sciences used genetic testing to identify a blue butterfly species similar to the Xerces species that went extinct and disappeared from the San Francisco coastline. Through ...
Caribbean Dove Faces Dodo-Like Extinction Threat
On first inspection, the Cuban blue-headed quail dove doesn't look like much: drab brown feathers, a slender beak, a pronounced strut in their walk ...
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Unique dove species is the dodo of the Caribbean and in similar danger of dying out
Blue-headed quail doves were once assumed ... she and her colleagues discovered the first -- albeit extinct -- Caribbean bird whose closest relatives are in Africa, New Guinea and New Zealand.