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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.
The stuffed skin of Martha in 1921. The history of the Cincinnati Zoo's passenger pigeons has been described by Arlie William Schorger in his monograph on the species as "hopelessly confused," and he also said that it is "difficult to find a more garbled history" than that of Martha.
"Notre Cher Ami: The Enduring Myth and Memory of a Humble Pigeon," an academic article by Frank A. Blazich Jr. in The Journal of Military History; Cher Ami and Major Whittlesey, a novel by Kathleen Rooney; Cher Ami: The Story of a Carrier Pigeon, a children's book by Marion Cothren, published in 1934 "Cher Ami", a poem by Harry Webb Farrington
Among the ten species to have become extinct since 1600 (the conventional date for estimating modern extinctions) are two of the most famous extinct species, the dodo and the passenger pigeon. [67] The passenger pigeon was exceptional for a number of reasons. In modern times, it is the only pigeon species that was not an island species to have ...
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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“That was a very scary experience,” said one passenger on the flight. All 52 passengers and crew left West Virginia International Airport just before 7 p.m. on Dec. 30, about an hour later ...
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