passenger pigeon

     

The passenger pigeon (Ectopistes migratorius) or wil pigeon was a species of pigeon that was once the most common bird in North America. They lived in enormous flocks, and during migration, it was possible to see flocks of them a mile (1.6 km) wide and 300 miles (500 km) long, taking several days to pass and containing up to a billion birds.

Trivia about passenger pigeon

  • The last known representative of this type of pigeon died in the Cincinnati Zoo in 1914
  • Incredibly, this variety of pigeon that went extinct in 1914 was once the most abundant bird species in America
  • One main reason this North American bird was hunted to extinction by 1914 was that it was good eating
  • Ectopistes migratorius is the scientific name of this now extinct variety of pigeon
  • This type of once-abundant pigeon was hunted to extinction in the U.S. in the early 1900s
  • Martha & 2 males, the last of these birds, had time alone at the Cincy zoo; too bad they didn't make the most of it

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  • Final 2 days to see "Requiem" @LafCol Williams Center, closes 5 pm Dec. 13.