Passenger Pigeon

The Perfect Passenger Pigeon

The passenger pigeon is an extinct bird that is part of the wild pigeon family. The technical name for the passenger pigeon is the wild pigeon.

Description

The passenger pigeon was mostly grey with a bit of black, orange and pink.  There were black spots on their wings.  They had very sharp pointy claws.  It was 41cm long.  They did not have any ears at all.

Habitat

The passenger pigeon was endemic to North America.  They lived in very very large groups called lofts.  They preferred forests where large numbers of birds could roost together.

Diet

What they ate depended on the season.  In winter they ate beechnuts, acorns, chestnuts, seeds, berries that they found in the forests.

Extinction

They were hunted for food by the native Americans and Europeans.  The passenger pigeon was around in the 1800’s; the last one died in 1914. 

In conclusion, I think that they were so gorgeous and that it was so so mean that they killed them because they probably wanted their feathers and birds need their feathers.