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Passenger pigeon. 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 from the French word passager, meaning "passing by", due to the migratory habits of the species. The scientific name also refers to its migratory characteristics.
National Museum of Natural History. Known for. Last known living passenger pigeon. 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 lady of the United States from 1789 to 1797.
The brown thrasher is the state bird of Georgia. This list of birds of Georgia includes species documented in the U.S. state of Georgia and accepted by the Checklist and Records Committee of the Georgia Ornithological Society (GOSRC). As of August 2020, there are 427 species definitively included in the official list.
Palaeognathae (/ ˌpæliˈɒɡnəθi /; from Ancient Greek παλαιός (palaiós) 'old' and γνάθος (gnáthos) 'jaw') is an infraclass of birds, called paleognaths or palaeognaths, within the class Aves of the clade Archosauria. It is one of the two extant infraclasses of birds, the other being Neognathae, both of which form Neornithes.
A 2018 study revealed that the kiwi's closest relatives, the extinct elephant birds, also shared this trait despite their great size. [ 27 ] Unlike virtually every other palaeognath , which are generally small-brained by bird standards, kiwi have proportionally large encephalisation quotients .
The Kanaka pigeon ( Caloenas canacorum ), [ 1] also known as the great green pigeon or greater maned pigeon, is an extinct species of pigeon. It was probably hunted to extinction by the early settlers of New Caledonia and Tonga around 2,500 years ago. It was described from subfossil remains found at the Pindai Caves of New Caledonia.
Labrador duck, Camptorhynchus labradorius (northeastern North America, c. 1878) [6] Extinct species of extant genera. Mergus – Mergansers. New Zealand merganser, Mergus australis (New Zealand and the Auckland Islands, Southwest Pacific, c. 1902) Aythyini – diving ducks. Extinct species of extant genera. Chenonetta.
Late Quaternary prehistoric birds are avian taxa that became extinct during the Late Quaternary – the Late Pleistocene or Early Holocene – and before recorded history, specifically before they could be studied alive by ornithological science. They had died out before the period of global scientific exploration that started in the late 15th ...