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Top: Science: Biology: Flora_and_Fauna: Animalia: Chordata: Aves: Columbiformes
Members of this order include doves and pigeons (Columbidae), the dodo and solitaires (Raphidae), and sandgrouse (Pteroclididae).
Doves and pigeons.
The best-known member of the Raphidae was Raphus cucullatus, commonly known as the dodo, an extinct species of flightless bird. The dodo was discovered on the island of Mauritius in 1584, and was extinct around 1681.
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