Passenger Pigeon
extinct species of North American pigeon, most abundant bird on Earth before extinction
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Summary
Passenger Pigeon is an extinct taxon[1]. It ranks in the top 3% of extinct taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (16,496 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Instance of: taxon[3]
- Taxon rank: species[4]
- IUCN conservation status: extinct species[5]
- Parent taxon: Ectopistes[6]
- Taxon name: Ectopistes migratorius[7]
- Commons category: Ectopistes migratorius[8]
- Start time: -5333000-00-00T00:00:00Z[9]
- Topic's main category: Category:Ectopistes[10]
- Commons gallery: Ectopistes migratorius[11]
- Short name: E. migratorius[12]
- Taxon common name: colomen deithiol[13], Passenger Pigeon[14], Wandertaube[15], Paloma migratoria[16], colom migratori[17], holub stěhovavý[18], rändtuvi[19], Vandredue[20], Странствующий голубь[21], リョコウバト[22], muuttokyyhky[23], vándorgalamb[24], gołąb wędrowny[25], holub sťahovavý[26]
- Length: 32 cm[27]
- On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[28]
- Maintained by WikiProject: WikiProject Invasion Biology[29]
- Extinction date: 1914[30]
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Identifiers
Passenger Pigeon's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 3665[31]. Passenger Pigeon's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 187118[32]. Passenger Pigeon's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 45509400[33]. Passenger Pigeon's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2495898[34]. Passenger Pigeon's ITIS TSN is recorded as 177132[35].
Why It Matters
Passenger Pigeon has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[36] It is known by 63 alternative names across languages and contexts.[37]