🕊️Passenger Pigeon

Ectopistes migratorius (Linnaeus, 1766)

The passenger pigeon or wild pigeon 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. The morphologically similar mourning dove was long thought to be its closest relative, and the two were at times confused, but genetic analysis has shown that the genus Patagioenas is more closely related to it than the Zenaida doves.

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Conservation status

EXExtinct

IUCN Red List assessment, 2019.

Key measurements

Body mass: not recorded
Body length: not recorded
Shoulder height: not recorded
Top speed: not recorded
Bite force: not recorded
Maximum lifespan: not recorded

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This animal is extinct

Assessed Extinct on the IUCN Red List, 2019. Everything on this page — the measurements, the photos, the videos — is a record of an animal that is gone.

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kingdomMetazoa
phylumChordata
subphylumCraniata
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
superclassSarcopterygii
superclassTetrapoda
orderSauria
classBirds · Aves
orderPigeons & doves · Columbiformes
genusEctopistes

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holub stěhovavý (cs), Wandertaube (de), colom migratori (ca), amerikansk vandredue (da), Ectopistes migratorius (es), muuttokyyhky (fi) … and 27 more languages

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