RODRIGUESSOLITAIRE

Rodrigues Solitaire

The Rodrigues Solitaire is an extinct, flightless bird that was endemic to the island of Rodrigues, east of Madagascar in the Indian Ocean. Genetically within the family of pigeons and doves, it was most closely related to the also extinct Dodo of Mauritius . The Nicobar Pigeon is their closest living genetic relative.

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