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[HBW - BirdLife (v3)] |
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| Species Details [Taxonomy: HBW - BirdLife (v3)] |
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Passenger Pigeon* |
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Ectopistes migratorius |
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Description (10)
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Passenger Pigeon
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Male: slate grey upper parts, with a blue head and rump. Eye, scarlet. Bill, short, slender and black. Tail, grey and white. Upper breast wine red.
Female: slightly duller.
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Family
Columbidae (Pigeons, Doves)
Size
40 cm
First Described (Guide)
(Linnaeus, 1766)
Abundance (Guide)
Extinct.
Habitat
Temperate forest.
Canada (E) (B), USA (E) (B).
Vagrant to Cuba (E), Mexico (E).
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North America, east of the Rocky Mountains, from easternand central Canada to the north-eastern United States. In winter migrated south to the southern United States, occasionally to Mexico and Cuba.
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Rarity Status
Currently this species is not classified as a rarity in this country OR information has not been updated.
Status EX
Probaably once the most numerous bird on Earth. The last wild bird was shot in 1900. The last captive one, named Martha, died at the Cincinnati Zoo at 1:00 pm on September 1, 1914. Extinction almost certianly caused by destruction of habitat anf over hunting.
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.
Habits
Sociable. Usually in large to very large (upto several hundreds of thousands) flocks.
Food
Acorns, beechnuts, chestnuts, various fruits, grains and insects.
Nest
A loose platform of small sticks and twigs, about 30 cm in diameter, in a tree. In colonies, sometimes as many as 100 nests in a single tree.
Eggs (Guide)
1; white, ellipsoid. Incubation: about 12 - 14 days; by both parents. Perhaps two broods per season.
Young
Nidicolous, altricial. Fledge in about 14 days. Tended by both parents.
Subspecies
No subspecies.
Similar Species
Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura) but slightly larger.
References
See References.
Files:
BirdLife International
For more information about the Passenger Pigeon see...  BirdLife International Species Factsheet.
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