Size:
About 70 cm (27.3 in).
Weight:
Not recorded.
Subspecies including nominate:
one
Colour Adult:
Grey-blue.
Colour Juvenile:
Not recorded.
Call:
Not recorded.
Content Sources:
Captive Status:
—
Longevity:
—
Housing:
—
Diet:
—
Enrichment:
—
Nest Box Size:
—
Clutch Size:
Not recorded.
Fledging Age:
—
Hatch Weight:
—
Peak Weight:
—
Weaning Weight:
—
World Population:
None
IUCN Red List Status:
Extinct
CITES Listing:
Not Listed
Threat Summary:
Hunting for food; predation by introduced mammals. Last observations were in the mid-1670s.
Range:
Mauritius, Mascarene Islands.
Habitat:
Wooded forest.
Wild Diet:
Bill weakly constructed; possibly ate soft foods.
Ecology and Behaviour:
Possibly nocturnal. Probably nested on the ground.
Clutch and Egg Size:
Not recorded.
Breeding Season:
Not recorded.