Wildlife

Passenger pigeon

Ectopistes migratorius
Habitat
Missouri and Montana
Conservation
Extinct

Seen by Corps from Illinois to north Montana, the once innumerable species gone from wild by 1900. Last 1 died in 1914.

Journal References

12 journal entries mention Passenger pigeon

Aug 25 1804
Clark: August 25, 1804
...d meet and two Prarie Larks (which are about the Size of a Pigeon and Peculier to this country) and on a Buffalow roabe we Slept verry well in the morning we procee...
Sep 17 1804
Clark: September 17, 1804
...its belley white feet like a Hawk abt. the size of a large Pigeon Capt Lewis returned at Dark. I took the Meridian & equal altitudes to day made the Lattitude. Colt...
Jul 13 1805
Lewis: July 13, 1805
...rther and encamped. I saw a number of turtledoves and some pigeons today. of the latter I shot one; they are the same common to the United States, or the wild pigeo...
Mar 2 1806
Clark: March 2, 1806
...body in the act of flying the tail resembles that of a wild pigeon. tho the motion of the wings is much that of the Pheasant and Grouse. they have four toes on each...
Mar 2 1806
Lewis: March 2, 1806
...dy. in the act of flying the tail resembles that of a wild pigeon. tho the motion of the wings is much that of the pheasant and Grouse. they have four toes on each...
Mar 7 1806
Lewis: March 7, 1806
...s coast and river, 1st a small speceis about the size of a pigeon; white except some black spots about the head and a little brown on the but of the wings, 2nd a sp...
Mar 17 1806
Lewis: March 17, 1806
...a number of little ovate vesicles or bags of the size of a pigeon's egg. this plant seems to be calculated to float at each extremity while the little end of the tu...
Apr 17 1806
Lewis: April 17, 1806
... corvus, they are about the size and shape of those of the pigeon. they are bluish white much freckled with dark redish brown irregular spots, in short it is reathe...
Jul 12 1806
Lewis: July 12, 1806
... this place on the 13th of July 1805 saw the brown thrush, pigeons, doves &c. the yellow Currants begining to ripen.
Jul 19 1806
Lewis: July 19, 1806
...uch quantities as yesterday, also antelopes, wolves, gees, pigeons, doves, hawks, ravens crows larks sparrows &c. the Curlooe has disappeared.
Jul 24 1806
Lewis: July 24, 1806
...f which we made a kettle of mush which together with a few pigeons that we were fortunate enough to kill served us with food for this day. I sent the hunters out bu...
Aug 7 1806
Lewis: August 7, 1806
...so saw an unusual flight of white gulls about the size of a pigeon with the top of their heads black. at 4 P.M. we arrived at the entrance of the Yellowstone river....

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