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    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...
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    Martha (c. 1885 – September 1, 1914) was a passenger pigeon, the last known of her species; she was named "Martha" in honor of Martha Washington, the first...
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    Columbidae (redirect from Pigeon)
    thirteen are extinct, including the dodo, an island bird, and the passenger pigeon, the only bird species not restricted to a small island to go extinct...
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    "Carolina pigeon". The "mourning" part of its common name comes from its doleful call. The mourning dove was thought to be the passenger pigeon's closest...
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    The Great Auk is believed to have gone extinct around this time. The passenger pigeon was a flocking species that was once a species widespread in North...
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    The band-tailed pigeon is the closest living relative of the extinct passenger pigeon and has been investigated for being used in efforts to bring back that...
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    the band-tailed pigeon to change the traits to mimic the traits of the passenger pigeon. In this sense, the de-extinct passenger pigeon would not be genetically...
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    pork or beef, were probably made of pigeon, likely the now extinct passenger pigeon. An early recipe for pigeon pie was given in A Proper Newe Booke...
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  • Columbicola extinctus, also known as the passenger pigeon chewing louse, is an extant species of phtilopterid louse. It was once believed to have become...
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    Passenger Pigeons is a 2010 mumblecore drama film written and directed by filmmaker Martha Stephens and her feature film debut. Four different stories...
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    Squab (redirect from Squab pigeon)
    dove and pigeon species (such as the wood pigeon, the mourning dove, the extinct-in-the-wild socorro dove, and the now extinct passenger pigeon,) and their...
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    Informant (redirect from Stool Pigeon)
    stool pigeon in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. An informant (also called an informer or, as a slang term, a "snitch", "rat", "canary", "stool pigeon", "stoolie"...
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    its name from the passenger pigeon, an extinct bird whose migration route once included the river valley in North Carolina. The Pigeon River arises in southeastern...
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    century, Petoskey was in the region of Northern Michigan where 50,000 passenger pigeon birds were killed daily in massive hunts, leading to their complete...
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    The white-crowned pigeon (Patagioenas leucocephala) is a fruit and seed-eating species of bird in the dove and pigeon family Columbidae. It is found primarily...
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    kiwi. Loss of availability of species, such as the extinction of the passenger pigeon. Disease affecting the carriers. RFC6214: "There is a known risk of...
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    Cincinnati Zoo in 1918, in the same enclosure as Martha, the last passenger pigeon, who died in 1914. He died within one year of his mate, Lady Jane....
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    association with a local resident Martha, the last of the American passenger pigeons, who died at the Cincinnati Zoo in 1914. Species Requiem Day, 1 September...
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    publicised examples of when the last individual of a species was known. The passenger pigeon (Ectopistes migratorius) became extinct at 1 p.m. on 1 September 1914...
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    the Great auk, is nevertheless fascinating. Reviewing Fuller's The Passenger Pigeon (2014) for The Guardian, the blogger GrrlScientist writes that the...
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  • This is an alphabetical list of pigeon breeds; these are exclusively breeds of the domestic pigeon (Columba livia domestica). Other Columbidae species...
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    whether their ticketed passenger survived. The structure cost $25 million to build. "About Titanic Pigeon Forge". TitanicPigeonForge.com. Retrieved 25...
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    "tourtière" is derived from its filling, the tourte—the French name for the passenger pigeon that is now extinct in North America—was historically used as its filling...
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    century French name Rivière aux Tourtres or Tourtes derived after the passenger pigeon which was once prolific in this region. List of rivers of Ontario List...
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    conservation. The zoo is known for being the home of Martha, the last living passenger pigeon, and of Incas, the last living Carolina parakeet. The zoo is an accredited...
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    the now-extinct passenger pigeon in Wyalusing State Park. It is the only monument in the United States dedicated to the passenger pigeon. The inscription...
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    along the Little Pigeon River, in the vicinity of what is now the Old Mill. The name of the river comes from the flocks of passenger pigeons that frequented...
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    Cincinnati Zoo on February 21, 1918, in the same cage as Martha, the last passenger pigeon, which died in 1914. There are no scientific studies or surveys of...
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    Cooper's Hawk and impact of digital photography on wildlife research. Passenger Pigeon, 70: 373–379. Mueller, H. C., & Berger, D. D. (1969). Navigation by...
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    member named Incas died in captivity in 1918; declared extinct in 1939) Passenger pigeon (last known member named Martha died in captivity in 1914) Tasmanian...
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