Tooth-billed Pigeon

Didunculus strigirostris

The tooth-billed pigeon, also known as the manumea or the tandduva, is a large pigeon found only in Samoa. It is the only living species of genus Didunculus. A related extinct species, the Tongan tooth-billed pigeon, is only known from subfossil remains in several archeological sites in Tonga. The tooth-billed pigeon is the national bird of Samoa and featured on the 20 tālā bills and the 50 sene pieces of the 2008/2011 series. Native only to Samoa's primary rainforest, it is considered to be endangered, with only a few hundred individuals thought to remain in existence.

Scientific name

Didunculus strigirostris

Family

Pigeons and Doves

IUCN status

CR