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

  • Jonathan Escobar-Flores,
  • Mariana Delgado-Férnandez,
  • Oscar Delgado-González

DOI
https://doi.org/10.15560/12.3.1880
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 12, no. 3
pp. 1 – 3

Abstract

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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.