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Reference number
GK1220
Total distance
3648 km
Places visited
30
Born
14 years ago
Country track
(3) → (7) → (6) → (9) → (2) → (5)
Mission

Animal extinction awareness GeoKret.

The Broad-billed Parrot was a parrot endemic to the island of Mauritius that became extinct. It was a large, heavy-set parrot, with strong males similar in size to the Palm Cockatoo. Females were considerably smaller. It had a long tail and a reduced flight apparatus and was probably flightless. The bill was very large but comparatively weak and probably adapted to crush the pulp of large fruits so that they could be swallowed, pit and all. The color was all bluish gray, and there was a small frontal crest. The discovery of the structure of the bill (which was previously thought to be adapted to cracking nuts) has led to the hypothesis that this bird, not the dodo, was one of the main animals responsible for propagation of the Tambalacoque or "dodo tree".

It became extinct partly due to hunting, but more importantly due to predation by introduced pigs, Crab-eating Macaques, and rats, which fed on the eggs and young of this species, which was in all likelihood ground-nesting (a rare occurrence among parrots, the Kakapo, the Night Parrot and the Ground Parrot being essentially the only species doing so) due to its inability to fly. -- [Link] --

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48 km
12 years ago / Wernpower

wieder auf die Reise geschickt ^^
aber umständlich weil es kein richtiger TB ist...

12 years ago / Wernpower

wir werden ihn bei Gelegenheit in einen anderen Cache stecken :)

7 km
12 years ago / Laufsohle

Der weitgereiste Coin hat einen würdigen, schwer zu findenden Platz gefunden.

12 years ago / Laufsohle

Werde den GeoKrety in den nächsten Tagen zu einem anderen Schatz bringen

0 km
12 years ago / TM510

Hab das Vögelchen gesehen, aber nicht eingefangen.

1 km
12 years ago / Goldsternchen
12 years ago / Goldsternchen

Da hat ein Vögelchen auf der Lokomotive gesessen und gezwitschert. Und bei dem Regen hab ichs gleich mal mit nach Hause genommen.

826 km
12 years ago / grosserbauer
12 years ago / grosserbauer

My first Krety :-) Took it from Split/Croatia (GC1V1D7)

165 km
12 years ago / Team W&J