Summary of the biology and extinction of the species, including a description of their exhibit of Martha, the stuffed remains of the last living specimen of the species.

Essay by Edward Howe Forbush written in 1917.

Brief history of the events leading up to the extinction.

Extensive information about the extinct birds including newspaper articles, museum information, artwork, films, and links.

Informal society dedicated to the preservation of the memory of the extinct Ectopistes migratorius. Site includes membership sign-up, an extinct bird mailing list, and links.

Contemporary descriptions of flocks of living birds from prominent naturalists.

A different view of the demise of the passenger pigeon, which argues that the bird's way of life also doomed it.

Magazine article from 1913 with recollections of the extinct bird from the 16th to 20th Centuries.