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    The passenger pigeon or wild pigeon (Ectopistes migratorius) is an extinct species of pigeon that was endemic to North America. Its common name is derived...
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    Martha (c. 1885 – September 1, 1914) was a passenger pigeon, the last known of her species; she was named "Martha" in honor of Martha Washington, the first...
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    Columbidae (redirect from Pigeon)
    thirteen are extinct, including the dodo, an island bird, and the passenger pigeon, the only bird species not restricted to a small island to go extinct...
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    "Carolina pigeon". The "mourning" part of its common name comes from its doleful call. The mourning dove was thought to be the passenger pigeon's closest...
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    The Great Auk is believed to have gone extinct around this time. The passenger pigeon was a flocking species that was once a species widespread in North...
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    the band-tailed pigeon to change the traits to mimic the traits of the passenger pigeon. In this sense, the de-extinct passenger pigeon would not be genetically...
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    The band-tailed pigeon is the closest living relative of the extinct passenger pigeon and has been investigated for being used in efforts to bring back that...
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    Squab (redirect from Squab pigeon)
    dove and pigeon species (such as the wood pigeon, the mourning dove, the extinct-in-the-wild socorro dove, and the now extinct passenger pigeon,) and their...
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  • Columbicola extinctus, also known as the passenger pigeon chewing louse, is an extant species of phtilopterid louse. It was once believed to have become...
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    pork or beef, were probably made of pigeon, likely the now extinct passenger pigeon. An early recipe for pigeon pie was given in A Proper Newe Booke...
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