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Kuvojo

Microgoura meeki Rothschild, 1904

Status not recordedbirdsExtinct

The kuvojo (Microgoura meeki) is a species in the family Columbidae, order Columbiformes. Source checklists list it for 1 country: Australia.

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Quick facts about the kuvojo

Weight
Not recorded
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
Not recorded
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
1 countrysrc for Countries on record

Where does the kuvojo live?

Countries where Catalogue of Life checklists list the species. Many checklists carry no country data, so the list is often incomplete. It is not a range map.

The kuvojo is listed for 1 country.

Australia
  • Listed
  • Not listed
small islands are not drawn at this scale

The same countries as a list

  1. Australia

Why a country list is not a range map

Is the kuvojo endangered?

No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.

How is the kuvojo classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classAves
  4. orderColumbiformes
  5. familyColumbidae
  6. genusMicrogoura
  7. SpeciesMicrogoura meeki Rothschild, 1904
Other names and names in other languages (33)
  • Choiseul crested pigeonEnglish
  • Choiseul ground pigeonEnglish
  • Choiseul pigeonEnglish
  • Solomon Islands crowned-pigeonEnglish
  • Solomons crested pigeonEnglish
  • goura pigmeaCatalan
  • holub šalamounskýCzech
  • colomen ddaear Ynysoedd SolomonWelsh
  • Lille KrondueDanish
  • SalomonentaubeGerman
  • Ŝuasela krestokolomboEsperanto
  • Paloma perdiz de ChoiseulSpanish
  • Kahupea-tuviEstonian
  • töyhtöpyykyyhkyFinnish
  • Microgoura de ChoiseulFrench
  • plavoglavi golubCroatian
  • salamon-szigeteki koronásgalambHungarian
  • Piccione di ChoiseulItalian
  • カンザシバトJapanese
  • Vainikuotasis karvelisLithuanian
  • fyrstedueNorwegian Bokmål
  • SalomonskroonduifDutch
  • korończykPolish
  • pombo-da-choiseulPortuguese
  • Хохлатый толстоклювый голубьRussian
  • sedlonos chochlatýSlovak
  • choiseulduvaSwedish
  • голуб соломонськийUkrainian
  • holub šalomounskýCzech
  • Salomonen-TaubeGerman
  • Paloma perdiz de la ChoiseulSpanish
  • pombo-coroado-de-choiseulPortuguese
  • Шуазёльский голубьRussian

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the kuvojo

Other species in the same family Columbidae.

LC, Least Concern
Rock dove (Columba livia)

Rock dove

Columba livia

Columbidae

EX, Extinct
Dodo (Raphus cucullatus)

Dodo

Raphus cucullatus

Columbidae

LC, Least Concern
Stock dove (Columba oenas)

Stock dove

Columba oenas

Columbidae

CompareKuvojo vs Rock doveKuvojo vs DodoKuvojo vs Common wood pigeonKuvojo vs Eurasian collared dove

Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

Where does the kuvojo live?

Catalogue of Life checklists list the kuvojo for 1 country: Australia. Checklist coverage is uneven, so the true range may be wider.

What kind of animal is the kuvojo?

The kuvojo (Microgoura meeki) belongs to the family Columbidae in the order Columbiformes.

Sources and how to cite this page

Data as of 2026-11-11. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Kuvojo (Microgoura meeki). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/kuvojo

MLA

“Kuvojo (Microgoura meeki).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/kuvojo.

BibTeX
@misc{kuvojo_2026,
  title = {Kuvojo (Microgoura meeki)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/kuvojo},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}