One of the original names for the dodo was the Dutch "Walghvogel", first used in the journal of Vice Admiral Wybrand van Warwijck, who visited Mauritius during the Second Dutch Expedition to Indonesia in 1598.
Un dos nomes orixinais do dodo foi o neerlandés "Walghvogel", empregado por primeira vez no diario do vicealmirante Wybrand van Warwijck, quen visitou Mauricio durante a segunda expedición holandesa a Indonesia no ano 1598.