Band-tailed Pigeon
Patagioenas fasciata
(L 14-15" Wt 8.8-15.9 oz)
Large but relatively quiet for
a pigeon...in western U.S.,
Cent. Amer & So. Amer.
Guacamayos Ridge
20Jan2011
Patiagioenas in Greek means 
clattering pigeon; fasciata
in Latin means banded
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