Passenger Pigeon
Ectopistes migratorius(Linnaeus, C, 1766)
English (US) Passenger Pigeon
The Passenger Pigeon (Ectopistes migratorius) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Columbidae (Doves and Pigeons) in the order Columbiformes.
Range: formerly eastern Canada and USA; extinct, last reported in wild end of 19th C, last captive individual died 1914Range summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Ectopistes migratorius
- Order
- Columbiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Extinct
- English (US)
- Passenger Pigeon
- Described by
- (Linnaeus, C, 1766)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Columba migratoria
- Described by
- (Linnaeus, C, 1766)
- Type locality
- North America = South CaroUna, ex Catesby, 1, p. 23, pi. 23.
- Original description
- Systema Naturæ. Editio duodecima reformata. Tomus I [part 1] p.285
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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