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  2. Passenger pigeon - Wikipedia

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    The passenger pigeon played a religious role for some northern Native American tribes. The Wyandot people (or Huron) believed that every twelve years during the Feast of the Dead, the souls of the dead changed into passenger pigeons, which were then hunted and eaten. [96]

  3. Squab - Wikipedia

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    [4]: 211 Doves are considered kosher, though are not as common in the Jewish diet as they were in ancient times. Texts about methods of raising pigeons for their meat date as far back as AD 60 in Spain. [10] Such birds were hunted for their meat because it was a cheap and readily available source of protein. [4]

  4. Bird extinction - Wikipedia

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    The passenger pigeon was a flocking species that was once a species widespread in North America. Before the arrival of colonial Europeans to North America, the passenger pigeon was thought to account for up to 40% of all individual birds on the continent. [24] The main drivers of the species' extinction were habitat destruction and

  5. What you never knew about pigeons - AOL

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    Argote says it's about time pigeons get the hero treatment: " 'Dinosaur' is, like, a very serious proposition of what could be a monument that doesn't celebrate men, a war, a victory, but that ...

  6. Mourning dove - Wikipedia

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    It was also formerly known as the "Carolina turtledove" and the "Carolina pigeon". [19] The "mourning" part of its common name comes from its doleful call. [20] The mourning dove was thought to be the passenger pigeon's closest living relative on morphological grounds [21] [22] until genetic analysis showed Patagioenas pigeons are more closely ...

  7. Vulture culture: Why these often-reviled birds are really ...

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    Unlike raptors such as eagles and hawks, vultures don't have the kind of strong talons needed for hunting. Instead, their long toes and blunt talons are better suited for walking or standing while ...

  8. Rock pigeons should not be overlooked. Here's why ... - AOL

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    Rock pigeons are thought to be one of the first domesticated birds, raised for both their meat and their message-carrying ability. Rock pigeons should not be overlooked. Here's why: Nature News

  9. List of extinct bird species since 1500 - Wikipedia

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    Passenger pigeon, Ectopistes migratorius (eastern North America, 1914) The passenger pigeon was once among the most abundant wild bird species in the world, with a single flock numbering up to 2.2 billion birds. It was hunted close to extinction for food and sport in the late 19th century.