Passenger Pigeons Abound -- As Museum Specimens (IMAGE)

Norwegian University of Science and Technology

Passenger Pigeons Abound -- As Museum Specimens

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This passenger pigeon specimen is found at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology's University Museum. There are specimens everywhere, but passenger pigeons died out in the wild more than a century ago.

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Per Gustav Thingstad, NTNU

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