Passenger Pigeon (Ectopistes migratorius) - BirdLife species factsheet

Passenger Pigeon Ectopistes migratorius

Current view: summary

Family: Columbidae (Pigeons, Doves)

Authority: (Linnaeus, 1766)

Red List Category

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Justification of Red List category
This species was formerly distributed across North America, but is now Extinct as a result of habitat clearance and hunting. The last reliable wild record dates from 1900, and a search beginning in 1910 failed to find it.

Population size: 0

Population trend:

Country endemic: No

Attributes
Land-mass type - continent
Land-mass type - oceanic island
Realm - Nearctic
IUCN Ecosystem -- Terrestrial biome

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2023) Species factsheet: Ectopistes migratorius. Downloaded from http://datazone.birdlife.org/species/factsheet/passenger-pigeon-ectopistes-migratorius on 02/06/2023. Recommended citation for factsheets for more than one species: BirdLife International (2023) IUCN Red List for birds. Downloaded from http://datazone.birdlife.org on 02/06/2023.