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Passenger pigeon Wikipedia ~ The passenger pigeon or wild pigeon Ectopistes migratorius is an extinct species of pigeon that was endemic to North America Its common name is derived from the French word passager meaning passing by due to the migratory habits of the species
The Passenger Pigeon Smithsonian Institution ~ The passenger pigeon was a colonial and gregarious bird and needed large numbers for optimum breeding conditions It was not possible to reestablish the species with a few captive birds The small captive flocks weakened and died
passenger pigeon Description History Extinction ~ Passenger pigeon Ectopistes migratorius migratory bird hunted to extinction by humans Billions of these birds inhabited eastern North America in the early 1800s migrating flocks darkened the skies for days As settlers pressed westward however passenger pigeons were slaughtered by the millions yearly and shipped by railway carloads for sale in city markets
Passenger Pigeon Facts and Pictures Pictures and Facts ~ The Passenger Pigeon – also known as Ectopistes migratorius – is an extinct bird which was endemic to North America At one point in time billions of these birds lived and flew over North America However deforestation and massive hunting reduced their numbers from the billions all the way to extinction in only a few years
The Passenger Pigeon Errol Fuller 9780691162959 Amazon ~ Published in the centennial year of Martha’s death The Passenger Pigeon features rare archival images as well as haunting photos of live birds Read more Read less Congratulations to Furious Hours the best nonfiction book of 2019
Extinction The Story of the Passenger Pigeon ~ The last known specimens were seen in most states of the eastern United States in the 1890s and the passenger pigeon died out in the wild in Ohio about 1900 The last survivor of a species that had once numbered 5 billion died in captivity in 1914
The Great Passenger Pigeon Comeback Revive Restore ~ The Passenger Pigeon and the Future of Forest Conservation Our research revealed the Passenger Pigeon isn’t simply a model species it quite possibly is the most important species for the future of conserving the woodland biodiversity of the eastern United States
Why Did The Passenger Pigeon Go Extinct The Answer Might ~ The last known passenger pigeon Martha lived at the Cincinnati Zoo until her death in 1914 Her body got frozen inside a 300pound block of ice and shipped by train to the Smithsonian
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