passenger pigeon

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passenger
noun[C]
uk
/ˈpæs.ən.dʒər/us
/ˈpæs.ən.dʒɚ/
a person who is travelling in a vehicle but is not driving it, flying it, or working ...
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pigeon
noun
uk
/ˈpɪdʒ.ən/us
/ˈpɪdʒ.ən/
a large, usually grey bird that is often seen in towns sitting on buildings in large groups, and is sometimes eaten ...
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These include not only birds such as thepassengerpigeon, but also megafauna such as the woolly mammoth.
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Thepassengerpigeonwas an excellent flyer, and is estimated to have averaged 62mph km/h during migration.
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More than 130passengerpigeonfossils have been found scattered across 25 states and provinces.
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The extinction of thepassengerpigeonaroused public interest in the conservation movement, and resulted in new laws and practices which prevented many other species from becoming extinct.
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Passengerpigeonof the illusion 1996-02-18 320.
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These quantities pale alongside the former numbers of thepassengerpigeon, which amounted to billions in its heyday.
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One has only to think of thepassengerpigeon.
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After colonization, thepassengerpigeonwas an important source of food for the poor or common people due to its availability and low cost.
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Forest habitat destruction and wholesale hunting brought thepassengerpigeonto extinction.
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Like the extinctpassengerpigeon, the colonial nature of the tricolored blackbird makes it particularly vulnerable to extinction.
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Thepassengerpigeonwas a colonial and gregarious bird practicing communal roosting and communal breeding and needed large numbers for optimum breeding conditions.
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For instance, forests while thepassengerpigeonwas extant were dominated by white oaks.
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The adult malepassengerpigeonhad a blueish-gray head, nape, and hindneck.
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By the mid-1890s, thepassengerpigeonalmost completely disappeared.
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Thepassengerpigeonwas exceptional for a number of reasons.
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While the pigeon was extant, the namepassengerpigeonwas interchangeable with wild pigeon.
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Evidence indicating inhabitance in autumn and winter include deer bones andpassengerpigeonremains.
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In addition to predators, thepassengerpigeonhosted at least two species of parasite.
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For this reason, the possibility of using mourning doves for cloning thepassengerpigeonhas been discussed.
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In addition, remains of the extinctpassengerpigeonhave been found.
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