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Range Map for Band-tailed Pigeon

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Migration

Year-round resident to medium-distance migrant. Band-tailed Pigeons that breed along the northern Pacific coast usually migrate to central California or farther south in the fall, while most individuals from the Southwest move south of the Mexican border. In each of the two breeding populations, southern individuals may stay in one place all year. Band-tailed Pigeons live year-round in some northern cities, including Vancouver, Seattle, and Portland, where they eat from feeders and holly orchards.

Map data are provided by NatureServe in collaboration with Robert Ridgely, James Zook, The Nature Conservancy - Migratory Bird Program, Conservation International - CABS, World Wildlife Fund - US, and Environment Canada - WILDSPACE.

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