First record of Band-tailed Pigeon, Patagioenas fasciata (Columbiformes: Columbidae) in the Sonoran Desert of Baja California

By

Escobar-Flores, Jonathan G.
Delgado-Férnandez, Mariana
Delgado-González, Oscar

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2016-5-1

Original Publication

Check list : journal of species lists and distribution

Volume

12

Series / Issue

Issue: 3

Pages

1880--3

Subjects

Baja California Peninsula , Cataviña , desert , forest , riparian vegetation

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

[São Paulo, Brazil] Luís Felipe Toledo 2005-

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.15560/12.3.1880

 

Abstract

We report the presence of the Band-tailed Pigeon, which was not previously recorded in the Sonoran Desert in Baja California. The site was 140 km south of the nearest forest. The presence of the pigeon further documents the propensity of Band-tailed Pigeons to wander widely.