KnowraPassenger pigeonLinked fromLinked fromThe 14 pages that link to Passenger pigeon, each with the reason it gives.All 14Broader topic 10Compared with 4ExtinctionBroader topic: Intensive hunting and habitat change drove a formerly abundant species to extinction.Bird conservationBroader topic: Its extinction illustrates how abundant birds can be driven to disappearance by exploitation.HuntingBroader topic: Its collapse is a stark example of how commercial hunting can overwhelm an abundant species.ColumbidaeBroader topic: Its extinction illustrates the consequences of intensive hunting and habitat change.OverexploitationBroader topic: Its disappearance shows that even enormous populations can be depleted by intense exploitation.De-extinctionBroader topic: Proposed revival efforts explore editing the genome of its living relative, the band-tailed pigeon.DefaunationBroader topic: Its collapse shows how commercial hunting can eliminate even extraordinarily numerous animals.Holocene extinctionBroader topic: Commercial hunting and habitat change turned extraordinary abundance into extinction within decades.Game birdCompared with: Its extinction demonstrates how intense commercial hunting can destroy an abundant bird population.Rock doveCompared with: It was a different pigeon species, not a close domestic form of the rock dove.Homing pigeonCompared with: Despite its name, this wild species was not the domestic message-carrying homing pigeon.Species extinctionBroader topic: Commercial hunting and habitat change drove an exceptionally abundant species to extinction.PassengerCompared with: Its name shares the word but describes a bird, not a person traveling in a conveyance.The Birds of AmericaBroader topic: Audubon’s plate records a species later driven to extinction.