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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]
[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]
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
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.
Columbicola extinctus, also known as the passenger pigeon chewing louse, is an extant species of phtilopterid louse. It was once believed to have become extinct with its only known host, the passenger pigeon ( Ectopistes migratorius ), prior to its rediscovery living on band-tailed pigeons ( Patagioenas fasciata ).
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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
Whitman and the Cincinnati Zoo, recognizing the decline of the wild populations, attempted to consistently breed the surviving birds, including attempts at making a rock dove foster passenger pigeon eggs. [7] These attempts were unsuccessful, and Whitman sent Martha to the Cincinnati Zoo in 1902. [8] [9] However, other sources argue that Martha ...