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The passenger pigeon was supposedly descended from Zenaida pigeons that had adapted to the woodlands on the plains of central North America. [16] The passenger pigeon differed from the species in the genus Zenaida in being larger, lacking a facial stripe, being sexually dimorphic, and having iridescent neck feathers and a smaller clutch.
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English: Portion of the Passenger Pigeon diorama, representing 1890s Johnson County, Iowa, located in a Third-Level Wildlife Hall at the Denver Museum of Nature and Science Date 29 July 2017, 15:50:10
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Pigeons and doves are stout-bodied birds with short necks and short slender bills with a fleshy cere. Seven species have been recorded in Connecticut. Rock pigeon, Columba livia (I) Band-tailed pigeon, Patagioenas fasciata (R) (S) Eurasian collared-dove, Streptopelia decaocto (I) (R) Passenger pigeon, Ectopistes migratorius (X)
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 ...
Pigeons and doves are stout-bodied birds with short necks and short slender bills with a fleshy cere. Seven species of columbidae have been recorded in Georgia. Rock pigeon, Columba livia (I) Eurasian collared-dove, Streptopelia decaocto (I) Inca dove, Columbina inca (R) Passenger pigeon, Ectopistes migratorius (E) Common ground dove, Columbina ...
Whitman kept these pigeons to study their behavior, along with rock doves and Eurasian collared-doves. [6] 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]