Dysmoropelia dekarchiskos

The Dysmoropelia dekarchiskos is classified as Extinct (EX), there is no reasonable doubt that the last individual has died.

Summary Dysmoropelia dekarchiskos is known only from fossil remains from St Helena (to UK), where it presumably became extinct following the island's colonisation in 15022. The "small kind of blue dove" reported by Forster in the 1770s1 was Zebra Dove Geopelia striata, probably introduced to St Helena in the 16th century, and not D. dekarchiskos2. Ecology: Nothing is known. Threats Hunting and the depredations of introduced predators are likely to have caused its extinction. More

Dysmoropelia dekarchiskos is known only from fossil remains from St Helena (to UK ), where it presumably became extinct following the island's colonisation in 15022. More