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Band-tailed pigeon Columba fasciata
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Length: 13.5 inches
Sexes similar
Adult similar to juvenile
Large, chunky dove
Medium length tail is squared off at tip
Yellow bill with black tip ...
Band-tailed Pigeon
Juvenile
Similar Species
Rock Pigeon has pale to white rump, a dark, not light, band to tip of tail, red legs and feet, and a dark bill.
Band-tailed Pigeon ( Patagioenas fasciata )
Band-Tailed Pigeon, Colony Farm Regional Park, Port Coquitlam, British Columbia
Photograph by Alan And Elaine Wilson. Some rights reserved. (view image details) ...
The Band-tailed Pigeon (Columba fasciata) is a forest pigeon of the American west, occurring from conifer forests in the Pacific northwest south into montane pine-oak forests of the Rocky Mountain southwest.
Band-tailed Pigeon
Columba fasciata Say
Status Two records. A bird discovered on 23 September 1974 on Seal Island by Richard G.B.
Band-tailed Pigeon (Columba fasciata)
Eurasian Collared Dove (Streptopelia decaocto)
White-winged Dove (Zenaida asiatica) ...
Band-tailed Pigeon Columba fasciata. Accidental. Hypothetical.
Eurasian Collared-Dove Streptopelia decaocto. Exotic. Breeder. Common in all seasons in Gulf Coast and Inland Coastal Plain regions.
BAND-TAILED PIGEON, Columba fasciata, Aud. Orn. Biog., vol. iv. p. 479.
Male, 16, wing, 9. Female, 15 1/2.
From the eastern spurs of the Rocky Mountains, and across them to the Columbia river. Common. Migratory.
The band-tailed pigeon has the lowest breeding potential of any game bird in the United States [40,52,53]. Clutch size is typically 1 egg [32,33,40,46,52,53,64], but 2-egg [32,33,53,64] and 3-egg clutches have been reported.
The band-tailed pigeon is similar in size to the domestic pigeon, but it has a purplish head and breast, a dark-tipped yellow bill, yellow feet, and a small white crescent on top of its neck.
Band-tailed Pigeon Patagioenas fasciata: Olympic National Park, WA, 10 Aug
Monk Parakeet Myiopsitta monachus: College Point, Queens, NY, 24 Feb
Mitred Parakeet Aritinga mitrata: Hillside, Queens, NY 16 Apr ...
Band-tailed Pigeon ... Banat Chicken Pigeon ... Barbs ... Bearded White Silky Bantams ... Barabanshik ... Berliner Long Face Tumblers ... Berliner Short Face Tumblers ... Bernburger Trumpeters ... Birmingham Rollers ... Blue-headed Pigeons ...
Band-tailed Pigeon, Patagioenas fasciata
Oriental Turtle-Dove, Streptopelia orientalis (C)
European Turtle-Dove, Streptopelia turtur (A)
Eurasian Collared-Dove, Streptopelia decaocto (I)
Spotted Dove, Streptopelia chinensis (I) ...
Birds seen included: Black Flowerpiercer, Band-tailed Pigeon, Great Thrush, Hooded Siskin, Plumbeus Sierra Finch, Scarlet-bellied Mountain Tanager, Superciliary Hemisphingus, Red-crested Cotinga, Brown-bellied Swallow, Black Vulture, Variable Hawk, ...
 See also: Pigeon, Dove, Rock Pigeon, Mourning Dove, Purple
  
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