Band-tailed Pigeon
Patagioenas fasciata
Summary 7
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.
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- (c) Ingrid Taylar from San Francisco Bay Area - California, USA, some rights reserved (CC BY), https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/0c/Band-tailed_Pigeon_Sonoma.jpg
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