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Patagioenas fasciata (Band-tailed Pigeon)
Band-tailed Pigeon

Description
The Band-tailed Pigeon, Patagioenas fasciata, is a medium-sized bird of the Americas. It ranges from British Columbia, Utah, and Colorado south in higher elevations through Mexico and Central America to northern Argentina. In autumn it migrates out of the part of its range north of California, New Mexico, and west Texas. Populations from Costa Rica south are sometimes considered a separate species, the White-naped Pigeon, C. albilinea. It is found at altitudes from 900 m to 3600 m, generally in oak, pine-oak, and coniferous forests. It feeds on seeds, notably acorns. It is the biggest pigeon in North America, averaging 34 to 36 cm long and weighing 250-450 grams. The plumage is gray, somewhat darker above. The head and underparts have a faint pink cast, especially in the adult male; the belly is nearly white. The distal half of the tail is also pale (except in the subspecies of Baja California), whence the English name. The bill and feet are yellow, good identification marks at sufficiently close range. Adults have green iridescence on the back of the neck, adjacent to a thin white collar on the nape. Juvenile birds have white feather edges above, giving a scaly appearance. This species is relatively quiet for a pigeon. Its voice is low-pitched and owl-like, often in two-syllable calls that rise and than fall (huu-ooh) with even spacing between calls. It builds a rudimentary platform nest out of twigs, in which it lays one or two eggs. Outside the breeding season it forms flocks, sometimes over 50 birds, and often becomes nomadic, following the acorn crop or moving to lower altitudes or other areas outside its breeding range. It often visits bird feeders.

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+| name = Band-tailed Pigeon
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+| latin_name = Patagioenas fasciata
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+| level = 4
-{{Taxobox_phylum_entry | taxon = [[Chordate|Chordata]]}}
+| image_1 = Patagioenas fasciata2.jpg
-{{Taxobox_classis_entry | taxon = [[Bird|Aves]]}}
+| caption_1 = Band-tailed Pigeon
-{{Taxobox_ordo_entry | taxon = [[Columbiformes]]}}
+| description = The '''Band-tailed Pigeon''', ''Patagioenas fasciata'', is a medium-sized bird of the Americas.
-{{Taxobox_familia_entry | taxon = [[Columbidae]]}}
-{{Taxobox_genus_entry | taxon = '''''[[Columba]]'''''}}
-{{Taxobox_species_entry | taxon = '''''fasciata'''''}}
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-{{Taxobox_section_binomial parens | color = pink | binomial_name = Columba fasciata | author = [[Thomas Say|Say]] | date = 1823}}
-{{Taxobox_end}}
-The '''Band-tailed Pigeon''', ''Columba'' (or ''Patagioenas'') ''fasciata'', is a medium-sized [[bird]] of [[the Americas]].
+It ranges from British Columbia, Utah, and Colorado south in higher elevations through Mexico and Central America to northern Argentina. In autumn it migrates out of the part of its range north of California, New Mexico, and west Texas. Populations from Costa Rica south are sometimes considered a separate species, the White-naped Pigeon, ''C. albilinea''. It is found at altitudes from 900 m to 3600 m, generally in oak, pine-oak, and coniferous forests. It feeds on seeds, notably acorns.
-It ranges from [[British Columbia]], [[Utah]], and [[Colorado]] south in higher elevations through [[Mexico]] and [[Central America]] to northern [[Argentina]]. In autumn it [[bird migration|migrates]] out of the part of its range north of [[California]], [[New Mexico]], and west [[Texas]]. Populations from [[Costa Rica]] south are sometimes considered a separate species, the White-naped Pigeon, ''C. albilinea''. It is found at altitudes from 900 m to 3600 m, generally in [[oak]], [[pine]]-oak, and [[Pinophyta|coniferous]] forests. It feeds on seeds, notably acorns.
+It is the biggest pigeon in North America, averaging {{units|34 to 36 cm|14-15 inches}} long and weighing {{units|250-450 grams|0.55-1 lbs}}. The plumage is gray, somewhat darker above. The head and underparts have a faint pink cast, especially in the adult male; the belly is nearly white. The distal half of the tail is also pale (except in the subspecies of Baja California), whence the English name. The bill and feet are yellow, good identification marks at sufficiently close range. Adults have green iridescence on the back of the neck, adjacent to a thin white collar on the nape. Juvenile birds have white feather edges above, giving a scaly appearance.
-It is the biggest pigeon in [[North America]], averaging 34 to 36 cm (14&ndash;15 in) long and weighing 250-450 g. The plumage is gray, somewhat darker above. The head and underparts have a faint pink cast, especially in the adult male; the belly is nearly white. The distal half of the tail is also pale (except in the subspecies of [[Baja California]]), whence the English name. The bill and feet are yellow, good identification marks at sufficiently close range. Adults have green [[iridescence]] on the back of the neck, adjacent to a thin white collar on the nape. Juvenile birds have white feather edges above, giving a scaly appearance.
+This species is relatively quiet for a pigeon.  Its voice is low-pitched and owl-like, often in two-syllable calls that rise and than fall (''huu-ooh'') with even spacing between calls.
-This species is relatively quiet for a pigeon.  Its voice is low-pitched and [[owl]]-like, often in two-syllable calls.
+It builds a rudimentary platform nest out of twigs, in which it lays one or two eggs.  Outside the breeding season it forms flocks, sometimes over 50 birds, and often becomes nomadic, following the acorn crop or moving to lower altitudes or other areas outside its breeding range.  It often visits bird feeders.
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-It builds a rudimentary platform nest out of twigs, in which it lays one or two eggs.  Outside the breeding season it forms flocks, sometimes over 50 birds, and often becomes nomadic, following the acorn crop or moving to lower altitudes or other areas outside its breeding range.  It often visits [[bird feeder]]s.
-The most often cited examples of [[coextinction]] are that of the extinct [[passenger pigeon]] and its parasitic [[louse]] [[Columbicola extinctus]] and [[Campanulotes defectus]]. Recently, C. extinctus was rediscovered on band-tailed pigeon and C. defectus was found to be a likely case of misidentification, is the existing [[Campanulotes flavus]]. However, even though the passenger pigeon lice story has a happy ending (i.e. rediscovery), it is uncertain that other coextinctions of other parasites, even on passenger pigeon, have not occurred.
-==References==
-*''A Guide to the Birds of Mexico and Northern Central America'', Steve N. G. Howell and Sophie Webb, 1994, ISBN 0198540124
-*''The Sibley Guide to Birds'', David Sibley, 2000, ISBN 0679451226
-* [http://extinct.petermaas.nl/ The Extinction Website]
-* [http://extinctanimals.proboards22.com/ Extinction forum]
-===External link===
-*[http://www.damisela.com/zoo/ave/otros/columb/columbidae/columba/fasciata/index.htm Page from ''El Zoológico Electrónico''] (in Spanish)
-[[Category:Columba]]