Template:Did you know nominations/Micronesian imperial pigeon

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The result was: promoted by HalfGig talk 12:49, 11 March 2017 (UTC)

Micronesian imperial pigeon

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• ... that the Micronesian imperial pigeon barks, moans and coos? Source: "VOICE A loud deep-throated, rasping bark grrow-row-row-ow ... Also recorded is a low moan and a series of mellow coos" Pigeons and Doves
  • ALT1: ... that, after a recovery programme, there were an estimated 80 Micronesian imperial pigeons on Majuro Atoll of the Marshall Islands in 2011? Source: "In the Marshall Islands, a recovery programme for the species has been launched by the Marshall Islands Conservation Society, with numbers in the Majuro Atoll now reaching up to c.80 individuals on a complex of 27 islets (M. O'Brien in litt. 2011)" IUCN

• Reviewed: Pharyngeal aspiration

5x expanded by Gulumeemee (talk). Self-nominated at 04:22, 7 March 2017 (UTC).

Solid article on good sources, no copyvio obious. - I like the sounds of the original hook better than the numbers of the ALT but wood take more of the nice description, such as

ALT2: ... that the Micronesian imperial pigeon utters a "deep-throated, rasping bark" and "mellow coos"? - Better wording welcome! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 23:03, 8 March 2017 (UTC)

I was trying to make the hook sound interesting, but ALT2 seems good as well. Gulumeemee (talk) 05:32, 9 March 2017 (UTC)

approving both, - the prep builder can decide if long or short fits better ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 08:46, 9 March 2017 (UTC)