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New Britain Bronzewing

Henicophaps foersteri

FAMILY

Pigeons and Doves (Columbidae)

LAST DOCUMENTED

1972

(52 years)

REGION

Oceania

IUCN STATUS

Vulnerable

Last Documented

The last specimen appears to be from Umboi Island, Papua New Guinea, just west of the island of New Britain (July 1972; AMNH 838169).

American Museum of Natural History, USA.

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