Band-tailed Pigeon

SCI Name:  Patagioenas fasciata
Protonym:  Columba fasciata Exped.RockyMt.[James]Phila.ed. 2 p.10,note
Taxonomy:  Columbiformes / Columbidae / Patagioenas
Taxonomy Code:  batpig1
Type Locality:  Small tributary of the Platte, = Plum Creek, near Castle Rock, Douglas County, Colorado.
Author:  Say
Publish Year:  1822
IUCN Status:  

DEFINITIONS

PATAGIOENAS
(Columbidae; Ϯ White-crowned Pigeon P. leucocephala) Gr. παταγη patagē  clatter, clap; οινας oinas, οιναδος oinados   pigeon; "Genera et Species typicae.  ...  γ. *Patagioenas Rchb. leucocephala (Col. — L. Gm.) R.  Ic. Av. t. 223. ic. 1257—58.  t. 255. ic. 2863—64." (Reichenbach 1852); "Patagioenas Reichenbach, Av. Syst. Nat., p. xxv, 1852—type, by [original designation and] monotypy, Columba leucocephala Linnaeus." (Hellmayr & Conover 1942, XIII, 430). This genus incorporates the New World pigeons formerly included in Columba.
Var. Patagiaenas.
Synon. Chloroenas, Crossophthalmus, Lepidoenas, Notioenas, Oenoenas, Picazuros.

fasciata
Late L. fasciatus  banded  < L. fascia  band, stripe.
● ex “Fasciated Grosbeak” of Brown 1776, and Latham 1783 (Amadina).
● ex “Hirondelle à bande blanche sur le ventre de Cayenne” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 724, fig. 2, “Hirondelle à ceinture blanche” of de Buffon 1770-1783, and “White-bellied Swallow” of Latham 1783 (Atticora).
● ex “Fasciated Finch” of Pennant 1785 (syn. Melospiza melodia).
● ex “Ynambúi” of de Azara 1802-1805, no. 327 (syn. Nothura maculosa).
● ex “Bracelet Parrakeet from East India” of Albin 1731 (subsp. Psittacula alexandri).

SUBSPECIES

Band-tailed Pigeon (Northern)
SCI Name: Patagioenas fasciata [fasciata Group]
PATAGIOENAS
(Columbidae; Ϯ White-crowned Pigeon P. leucocephala) Gr. παταγη patagē  clatter, clap; οινας oinas, οιναδος oinados   pigeon; "Genera et Species typicae.  ...  γ. *Patagioenas Rchb. leucocephala (Col. — L. Gm.) R.  Ic. Av. t. 223. ic. 1257—58.  t. 255. ic. 2863—64." (Reichenbach 1852); "Patagioenas Reichenbach, Av. Syst. Nat., p. xxv, 1852—type, by [original designation and] monotypy, Columba leucocephala Linnaeus." (Hellmayr & Conover 1942, XIII, 430). This genus incorporates the New World pigeons formerly included in Columba.
Var. Patagiaenas.
Synon. Chloroenas, Crossophthalmus, Lepidoenas, Notioenas, Oenoenas, Picazuros.

Band-tailed Pigeon (Viosca's)
SCI Name: Patagioenas fasciata vioscae
vioscae
Jose Santiago de Viosca Solar Anivia (1827-1895) US Consul at La Paz, Baja California, Mexico 1882-1895 (Paul Scofield in litt.) (subsp. Patagioenas fasciata).

Band-tailed Pigeon (White-necked)
SCI Name: Patagioenas fasciata [albilinea Group]
PATAGIOENAS
(Columbidae; Ϯ White-crowned Pigeon P. leucocephala) Gr. παταγη patagē  clatter, clap; οινας oinas, οιναδος oinados   pigeon; "Genera et Species typicae.  ...  γ. *Patagioenas Rchb. leucocephala (Col. — L. Gm.) R.  Ic. Av. t. 223. ic. 1257—58.  t. 255. ic. 2863—64." (Reichenbach 1852); "Patagioenas Reichenbach, Av. Syst. Nat., p. xxv, 1852—type, by [original designation and] monotypy, Columba leucocephala Linnaeus." (Hellmayr & Conover 1942, XIII, 430). This genus incorporates the New World pigeons formerly included in Columba.
Var. Patagiaenas.
Synon. Chloroenas, Crossophthalmus, Lepidoenas, Notioenas, Oenoenas, Picazuros.