Description
Painting of the Lord Howe Island Pigeon, by George Raper
Date 1780s or 1790s
Source http://www.nhm.ac.uk/nature-online/online-exhibitions/art-themes/drawingconclusions/more/pigeon_more_info.htm#
Author Georger Raper
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:LordHoweIslandPigeonByGeorgeRaper.jpg

The Lord Howe pigeon (sometimes white-throated pigeon), Columba vitiensis godmanae, was a subspecies of the metallic pigeon which existed on Lord Howe Island. It became extinct in the 1850s. Order: Columbiformes, Family: Columbidae, Genus: Columba, Species: Columba vitiensis (metallic pigeon), Subspecies: Columba vitiensis godmanae (Mathews, 1915).
Synonyms:
Raperia godmanae
Janthoenas godmanae