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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]
Several species of wild pigeons and doves are used as food; however, all types are edible. [51] In Europe, the wood pigeon is commonly shot as a game bird, [52] The extinction of the passenger pigeon in North America was at least partly due to shooting for use as food. [53]
The passenger pigeon was once the most numerous species of bird alive (possibly ever), overhunting reduced a species that once numbered in the billions to extinction. [11] Hunting pressure can be for food, sport, feathers, or even come from scientists collecting museum specimens.
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.
The California condor, like the sprawling state it's named for, is huuuuuge, weighing as much as 25 pounds and with 10-foot wingspans. Though endangered, they are now found in parts of California ...
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 overhunting.
Meet "Dinosaur," the 17 foot tall, two-ton aluminum pigeon. For the next year-and-a-half, its perch will be New York City's High Line. "Pigeons and birds, as we know, are what remains of dinosaurs ...
Ducks were common in Ancient Egypt, as depicted in this 3rd century BC faience vase. Birds were among the wild animals hunted for food before the Neolithic Revolution and the development of agriculture. For example, in the Epipaleolithic of the Levant, between c. 14,500 and 11,500 BP, both waterfowl and migratory birds were eaten. [5]