band-tailed pigeon

noun

variants or less commonly band-tail pigeon or bandtail

ˈband-ˌtāl

: a wild pigeon (Columba fasciata) of western North America that is often confused with the now extinct passenger pigeon but is distinguished by a rounded tail with a black transverse band

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