#1446 · 🐦 birds

Band-tailed Pigeon

🇳🇱 Bandstaartduif ·Patagioenas fasciata

LCleast concern 🐦 Birds 📍 outside Europe

10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences

1. © Paul Fenwick · CC BY-NC 4.0
2. © Doug Greenberg · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
3. © Kathleen L. Ryan · CC BY-NC 4.0
4. © Esteban Poveda · CC BY 4.0
5. © Donna Pomeroy · CC BY-NC 4.0
6. © cello caruso-turiello · CC BY 4.0
7. © Fyn Kynd · CC BY-SA 4.0
8. © Donna Pomeroy · CC BY-NC 4.0
9. © Liam O'Brien · CC BY-NC 4.0
10. © David Andreas de Rivera Tønnessen · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

The band-tailed pigeon ( Patagioenas fasciata ) is a medium-sized bird of the Americas. Its closest relatives are the Chilean pigeon and the ring-tailed pigeon, which form a clade of Patagioenas with a terminal tail band and iridescent plumage on their necks. There are at least 8 sub-species, and some authorities split this species into the northern band-tailed pigeon ( Patagioenas fasciata ) and the southern band-tailed pigeon ( Patagioenas albilinea ).

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 19,719iNaturalist observations
threat LCleast concern

Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).

fun facts

No confirmed wild sightings in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: you'd have to travel for this one.
19,719 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named by Thomas Say in 1823 (203 years ago).