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The band-tailed pigeon (Patagioenas fasciata) [3] is a pigeon native to the Americas, being the largest pigeon native to North America. They are a native species throughout the Southwestern United States and Mexico , extending south to Peru .
Pigeons and doves are stout-bodied birds with short necks and short slender bills with a fleshy cere. Seven species have been recorded in Connecticut. Rock pigeon, Columba livia (I) Band-tailed pigeon, Patagioenas fasciata (R) (S) Eurasian collared-dove, Streptopelia decaocto (I) (R) Passenger pigeon, Ectopistes migratorius (X)
Chilean pigeon Conservation status Least Concern (IUCN 3.1) Scientific classification Domain: Eukaryota Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Aves Order: Columbiformes Family: Columbidae Genus: Patagioenas Species: P. araucana Binomial name Patagioenas araucana (Lesson, RP & Garnot, 1827) Synonyms Columba araucana Lesson, 1827 The Chilean pigeon (Patagioenas araucana) is a species of bird ...
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A more extensive 2010 study instead showed that the passenger pigeon was most closely related to the New World Patagioenas pigeons, including the band-tailed pigeon (P. fasciata) of western North America, which are related to the Southeast Asian species in the genera Turacoena, Macropygia, and Reinwardtoena.
Ruddy pigeon, Patagioenas subvinacea; Short-billed pigeon, Patagioenas nigrirostris; Dusky pigeon, Patagioenas goodsoni; A fossil species (Curtis pigeon) initially placed in Chloroenas, Patagioenas micula (Early Pliocene of Curtis Ranch, USA) is known. A small member of this genus, it probably indeed belonged to the band-tailed group.
Columbicola extinctus, also known as the passenger pigeon chewing louse, is an extant species of phtilopterid louse.It was once believed to have become extinct with its only known host, the passenger pigeon (Ectopistes migratorius), prior to its rediscovery living on band-tailed pigeons (Patagioenas fasciata).
Pigeons and doves are stout-bodied birds with short necks and short slender bills with a fleshy cere. Rock pigeon, Columba livia (I) Band-tailed pigeon, Patagioenas fasciata; Eurasian collared-dove, Streptopelia decaocto (I) Passenger pigeon, Ectopistes migratorius (E) Inca dove, Columbina inca; Common ground dove, Columbina passerina