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Band-tailed Pigeon
- Scientific name
- Patagioenas fasciata
- Family
- Columbidae
- Conservation status
- Least concern
- Habitat
- Forest mixed
- Wing shape
- Rounded
- Tail shape
- Rounded
Where it came from
The Band-tailed Pigeon, or Patagioenas fasciata, evolved as a forest-dwelling species native to the Americas, ranging from British Columbia through the western United States down to Argentina. Unlike its close relative, the common rock pigeon, this species is uniquely adapted to coniferous and oak forests, where it relies on high-canopy habitats for nesting and foraging for acorns, pine nuts, and berries.
Ornithologists categorize the bird by its distinct physical silhouette, characterized by broad, rounded wings and a signature rounded tail tipped with a pale gray band, which gives the species its common name. The bird was first formally described by naturalist Thomas Say during the Long Expedition in 1820, and it has since remained a subject of ecological study due to its nomadic, social nature and its role in seed dispersal within mountainous woodland ecosystems.
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