Raphus cucullatus
Nota de aplicación
Extinct flightless birds native to Mauritius, first seen by Portuguese sailors about 1507. They were extinct by 1681 Dodos weighed about 50 pounds, had blue-gray plumage, a big head, a blackish bill with reddish sheath forming the hooked tip, small useless wings, stout yellow legs, and a tuft of curly feathers high on its rear end.