Curator's Choice: Extinct Birds of PA
Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission
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 Published On Sep 23, 2021

The State Museum’s vast zoological collection includes specimens of two bird species – the Passenger Pigeon and the Carolina Parakeet — which have now been extinct for more than a century. Join the State Museum of Pennsylvania’s Senior Curator of Zoology and Botany, Dr. Walter Meshaka, and Program Director Bradley Smith for a discussion about these species, the events that led to their decline and the significance of their disappearance.

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