Species profile
Passenger Pigeon (extinct)
Ectopistes migratorius
Quick answer
Material. CM 34020, r coracoid: cranial portion lacking procoracoid process, referred to E. migratorius by Brodkorb & Mourer-Chauviré (1984). Not reexamined for this study. USNM PAL 769090, l tarsometatarsus: shaft missing the proximal end and the trochleae, collected Sept 22, 1994 (Fig. 1 K).
- Scientific name
- Ectopistes migratorius
- Family
- Columbidae
- Order
- Columbiformes
- Genus
- Ectopistes
- Conservation status
- Extinct
Recording Passenger Pigeon (extinct) in your journal
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Related species in Columbidae
- Adamawa Turtle-dove (Streptopelia hypopyrrha)
- Afep Pigeon (Columba unicincta)
- African Green-pigeon (Treron calvus)
- African Olive-pigeon (Columba arquatrix)
- Amboyna cuckoo-dove (Columba amboinensis)
- Amethyst Brown-dove (Phapitreron amethystinus)
- Andaman Cuckoo-Dove (Macropygia rufipennis)
- Andaman Green-pigeon (Treron chloropterus)