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		<title>The Tooth-Billed Pigeon</title>
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					<description><![CDATA[<a href="https://critter.science/the-tooth-billed-pigeon/" title="The Tooth-Billed Pigeon" rel="nofollow"><img width="300" height="130" src="https://critter.science/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/tbp1a-300x130.jpg" class="webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image" alt="tooth-billed pigeon" style="display: block; margin-bottom: 5px; clear:both;max-width: 100%;" link_thumbnail="1" decoding="async" srcset="https://critter.science/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/tbp1a-300x130.jpg 300w, https://critter.science/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/tbp1a-800x347.jpg 800w, https://critter.science/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/tbp1a-scaled.jpg 900w" sizes="(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /></a><p>This article was originally published on <a rel="nofollow" href="https://critter.science">Critter Science</a>.</p>
<p>The tooth-billed pigeon, aka manumea or tandduva, hails only from the islands of Samoa and Apia and is the only living species of the genus Didunculus. They are threatened by habitat loss due to residential and commercial developments, as well as logging; accidental killings due to hunting for Pacific Imperial-pigeons; [&#x2026;]</p>
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