Pigeons & Doves

Band-tailed Pigeon

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Patagioenas fasciata

Pigeons & Doves2 photosFirst seen: 8 July 2026

The Band-tailed Pigeon is a large western pigeon with a grey body, yellow bill and pale band across the end of the tail. Adults also show a white crescent and green sheen on the back of the neck. It lives mainly in mountain and coastal forests and often moves in flocks. The diet consists largely of acorns, berries and other plant material. It also visits mineral springs and saline seeps, probably to obtain sodium.

ID tip: Yellow black-tipped bill plus the white nape crescent separates it from Rock Pigeon, which has a dark bill and no nape mark.

First seen: 8 July 2026 · Carkeek Park · 2 photos in the collection.

Places in my records

Locations where this species is supported by a dated first record, an unambiguous single-place outing or a reviewed assignment.

Burrows Road10 July 2026 Carkeek Park8 July 2026

Family: Pigeons & Doves (Columbidae)
Length: 33–40 cm
Wingspan: 66 cm
Regional status: Summer visitor (Pacific Northwest, USA)
Conservation: Least Concern LCIUCN Red List · retrieved 27 August 2026
Habitat: Conifer forest, oak woodland, berry-rich suburbs
Diet: Berries, acorns, seeds, buds

Built from verified occurrence records, not drawn by hand. Core range = the countries holding 99% of all records; the rest are scattered or vagrant records. Record counts track where people watch birds as much as where the birds are, so the map shows presence, not abundance. Data: GBIF (CC BY 4.0). Basemap: Natural Earth.

Band-tailed Pigeon

Places in my records

Selected photographs