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"Dodo Of The Caribbean": Incredibly Rare Dove Teeters "On The Brink" Of Extinction
The blue-headed quail dove has survived on Earth ever since, but the way things are going, its story may soon be coming to an ...
More Mysterious Than the Dodo: This Unremarkable-Looking Bird Is Evolution’s Greatest Puzzle
The blue-headed quail dove is a uniquely ancient species with no close relatives and is now on the brink of extinction. At ...
Check Out the Baby Bird That’s Smaller Than a Quarter
Adult button quails are small enough to fit in the palm of your hand, and chicks are even smaller. This ground-dwelling ...
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Rare dove is not related to any other birds we know today
Researchers sequenced the DNA of Cuban blue-headed quail dove, expecting clear origins. Instead, they found it has no close ...
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Game birds
Galliformes include 290 species of quail, pheasants, turkeys, partridges, grouse, peacocks, guans, curassows, and guinea fowl. Prized as game birds and reared for their meat and eggs, these stout ...