Uploaded October 2025 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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In September of 1914, Martha, the last-known living Passenger Pigeon, died at the Cincinnati Zoo. Her death at age 29 after a lifetime in captivity marked the disappearance of her once-abundant species from the world—and made Passenger Pigeons synonymous with the extinction of species at human hands.

But what happened? Step into the Museum’s Ornithology Collections to learn more.

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