[DOC] [TLE] Passenger pigeon - Wikipedia [PAR] The passenger pigeon or wild pigeon (Ectopistes migratorius) is an extinct 
species of pigeon that was endemic to North America. Its common name is 
derived from the French word passager, meaning ... Martha, thought to be the last 
passenger pigeon, died on September 1, 1914, at the ..... Skeleton of a male bird, 
1914. [DOC] [TLE] Why the Passenger Pigeon Went Extinct | Audubon [PAR] About September 1, 1914, the last known passenger pigeon, a female named 
Martha, ... This year marks the 100th anniversary of the passenger pigeon's 
extinction. .... enough to be a species that concentrates in time and space, you 
make yourself very, ..... Let's pick a couple of the most common birds in North 
America - the... [DOC] [TLE] The Passenger Pigeon [PAR] In all probability, the Passenger Pigeon was once the most abundant bird on the 
planet. ... of scientific ornithology in America, estimated that one flock consisted of 
two billion birds. ... a wide variety of techniques for slaughtering the pigeons and 
collecting their ... Eleven years later, 1889, the species was extinct in that state. [DOC] [TLE] Extinction of the American Passenger Pigeon - Wild Birds for the ... [PAR] Once the most abundant species in its flights and on its nesting grounds, ever ... 
of Pigeons swept down upon the ripened corn and beat down and ate "a very 
great quantity of all sorts of English grain". ... They became rare in Newfoundland 
in the 60's, though formerly abundant there. .... Gone Forever -- September 1, 
1914. [DOC] [TLE] 3 Billion to Zero: What Happened to the Passenger Pigeon ... [PAR] Jun 27, 2014 ... Human actions may have caused the species's populations to grow ... 
PASSENGER PIGEON: The numerous bird went from abundant to extinct in less 
than 100 years. ... as the total population of all kinds of birds in North America 
today. ... "The passenger pigeon was once the most abundant bird in the... [DOC] [TLE] Passenger Pigeon: an Extinct Species - Bagheera [PAR] EXTINCT. How could the passenger pigeon be extinct when it was the most ... 
contained more individuals than all other North American birds combined, was ... 
Captive breeding efforts were not successful and the last individual died in 1914. 
... What is the difference between commercial hunting and other kinds of hunting? [DOC] [TLE] Birds: P | ClipArt ETC - Educational Technology Clearinghouse [PAR] The common pheasant of Europe is prized as a game bird, and prefers to make 
.... The passenger pigeon became extinct in 1914. ... The passenger pigeon was 
very abundant in North America but eventually became extinct because of ... 
Once one of the most numerous bird species in the world, the common wild 
pigeon... [DOC] [TLE] Encyclopedia Smithsonian: The Passenger Pigeon [PAR] One of the last authenticated records of the capture of a wild bird was at Sargents
, ... The last known individual of the passenger pigeon species was "Martha" (
named ... and was donated to the Smithsonian Institution, where her body was 
once ... 1 September 1914, age 29, in the. Cincinnati Zoological Garden. 
EXTINCT. [DOC] [TLE] Extinction of the Passenger Pigeons  Damn Interesting [PAR] Jun 28, 2006 ... In less than a century, the most numerous bird on the planet was ... It is a tale, like 
that of the American Bison, of the dangers of ... for the rapidly expanding US 
population, they became agricultural pests, .... Allan Eckert wrote a book called 
The Silent Sky: The Incredible Extinction of the Passenger Pigeon. [DOC] [TLE] Passenger pigeon extinction: it's complicated | @GrrlScientist ... [PAR] Jun 16, 2014 ... Once the most abundant bird in the world with a population size ... extinction of 
the passenger pigeon, Ectopistes migratorius, in 1914, raises the question of how 
such an abundant bird could have become extinct in less than 50 years. ... 
Instead, it was an "outbreak" species that experienced dramatic... [DOC] [TLE] Top Ten Extinct Animals | OneKind [PAR] Here we have listed 10 animals that are now extinct, find out

Question: Incredibly, this variety of pigeon that went extinct in 1914 was once the most abundant bird species in America
Answer: a passenger pigeon