Passenger Pigeon
- Score
- 1.2158542
- Family
- Columbidae
- Common Name
- Passenger Pigeon
- Scientific Name
- Ectopistes migratorius
Why it matters
The passenger pigeon, *Ectopistes migratorius*, serves as a sobering reminder of the impact of human activity on biodiversity, having shifted from being once the most numerous bird in North America to extinct within a century due to overhunting and habitat loss. Today, these specimens are highly significant to museums and researchers as preserved records of a species that vanished entirely by the early 20th century.
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