Lupe fololahi

Lupe fololahi

fakamolemole, hala faitā

Fakafaʻafaʻahinga fakasaienisi

Puleʻanga: monumanu Vahe: monumanu filo siliva Haʻa: manupuna Holongā: columbiformes Kāinga: COLUMBIDAE Kāinga ofi: Tongoena Faʻahinga: burleyi

Hingoa kakato lōua

Tongoena burleyi David Steadman 2020 Hingoa lea fakapilitānia: Great Tongan fruit gulping pigeon

Ko e lupe fololahi ko e manupuna tuʻufonua ʻi Tongá ni (ʻi ʻEua). Ko e lupe ʻeni naʻe lahi ʻaupito, senitimita ʻe 60 pe lahi ange. Naʻe nofo ʻi he funga manga ʻo e ngaahi ʻakau, naʻe kai pe folo ʻa e ngaahi fua lalahi (mango, kuava,…)

Ka ʻoku ne ʻauhe naʻe fuofuoloa, hili ʻa e taʻu ʻe 2500 tupu, ʻa ia ʻi he taimi naʻe haʻu ʻa e kakai ʻuluaki ki Tonga. Mahalo pē naʻe saisai pē ʻene lava lele, pea naʻe faingofua ʻene pō ʻe he kakai fiekaia. ʻI he taimi nounou (teautaʻu ʻe ua) naʻe ʻosi kaia ʻa e lupe fakamuimui.

Tataku

• https://matangitonga.to/2020/07/24/extinction-tongan-pigeon
• https://www.floridamuseum.ufl.edu/science/giant-fruit-gulping-pigeon-eaten-into-extinction/

Ko e kupu ʻeni ko e potuʻi ia (stub). ʻIo, ko koe, kātaki tokoni mai ʻi hono ngāue fatu fakalahi.