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The Passenger Pigeon or Wild Pigeon (Ectopistes migratorius) was a bird that existed in North America until the early 20th century when it became extinct due to hunting and habitat destruction. The species lived in enormous migratory flocks. One sighting in 1866 in southern Ontario was described as being 1 mile wide, 300 miles long, and taking 14 hours to pass a single point with number estimates in excess of 3.5 billion birds in the flock.[1] That number, if accurate, would likely represent a large fraction of the entire population at the time.
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What is the difference between a passenger pigeon and a regular pigeon?
The main difference is that passenger pigeons are extinct. Also, regular pigeons now are much less attractive in color that passenger pigeons were.
What are the passenger pigeons predators?
Peregrine Falcons are the most threat for your pigeons.
Where were passenger pigeons in the summer?
Passenger pigeons would fly in large flocks in Wisconsin and other states in the 1800s.
What was passenger pigeons habitat?
The passenger lived in the forests of eastern North America.
What is the difference between the now extinct passenger pigeon and the messenger pigeon?
Messenger pigeons are domesticated Rock Pigeons,Columba livia domestica, that are trained to fly and return to humans. Passenger pigeons were a wild species.
What is the passenger Pigeons' scientific name?
Ectopistes Migratorious.
What year did the Passenger Pigeons become extinct?
The last known passenger pigeon died in 1914.
How were the passenger pigeon endangered?
Passenger Pigeons became endangered through overhunting and habitat loss.
When did the population of passenger pigeons start declining?
start of the airplane
How did natives hunt the passenger pigeon?
Passenger pigeons were hunted by natives as a source of food. Here are several ways the natives hunted the passenger pigeons:killing the juveniles at night with long polessetting up large nests to capture the adult pigeonslow flying pigeons could be killed by throwing sticks and stonesCherokees killed pigeons by throwing their club at the leading pigeon in the morning when it left its roost
What animal spreads the black death?
Rats and pigeons.
What are some extinctions other than dinosaurs?
dodos, elephant birds, passenger pigeons
