Pink Pigeon

The Pink Pigeon is a species of Columbidae (doves and pigeons) endemic to Mauritius, and now very rare. It has been conserved through the efforts of Gerald Durrell and the Durrell Wildlife Conservation Trust in the 1960s. The book Golden Bats and Pink Pigeons by Gerald Durrell refers to the conservation efforts. The IUCN has recently downlisted the species from critically endangered to endangered. Mauritius has brought out a series of stamps depicting the endemic Pink Pigeon.