Band-tailed Pigeon

Patagioenas fasciata

Band-tailed Pigeon photographed by Mark Curtis
May 30, 2026

When to look

Reported most in May, across 978K open records.

Records by month. January, 50,027 records. February, 58,765 records. March, 78,390 records. April, 118,456 records. May, 149,741 records. June, 116,486 records. July, 98,370 records. August, 84,262 records. September, 79,509 records. October, 60,114 records. November, 39,702 records. December, 43,826 records.

Occurrence data from GBIF (incl. the eBird Observation Dataset, © Cornell Lab of Ornithology, CC BY 4.0). Descriptive, not predictive.

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