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A hunter claimed to have seen what bird in 1688, thought to be the last recorded sighting?

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A hunter claimed to have seen what bird in 1688, thought to be the last recorded sighting?
posted Oct 26, 2022 by Manish Tiwari

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Dodo
An estimated extinction date for the dodo is 1693, with a 95% confidence interval of 1688–1715. Relatives of the dodo, also on islands in the Indian Ocean, the Rodrigues solitaire and the Réunion solitaire, are also assumed extinct - by about 1746 and 1790 respectively. Their closest living genetic relative is the Nicobar pigeon. The roc, phoenix and gryphon have not been sighted in the flesh; they are accepted as mythical.

answer Oct 27, 2022 by Pankaj Deshmukh
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