The passenger pigeon, which were once so numerous that they darkened the skies over North America,became extinct in 1914 after an intense, sustained slaughter by settlers. It resembled the mourning dove and the Old World turtledove but was bigger (32 cm [about 13 inches]), with a longer pointed tail. The species later became an icon for the modern conservation movement.
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