The band-tailed pigeon, a common bird species in California whose populations have been declining since 1945. wikimedia commons An unexplained epidemic ravaging band-tailed pigeons in California has ...

Researchers at UC Davis and the California Department of Fish and Wildlife have identified trichomonosis as a key factor in winter die-offs and population decline of bandtailed pidgeons, a native ...

On January 14, Monte Kawahara found his first dead bird of 2015. The casualty was a band-tailed pigeon, Patagioenas fasciata: pale gray shoulders, black primary feathers, a glint of iridescent green ...

Since late January, reports of sick or dead band-tailed pigeons have been flooding wildlife rehabilitation centers, with most of them coming from the Bay Area, California’s Central Coast and the ...

High up in a dead evergreen’s bare branches, a stone’s throw from a cove, 13 band-tailed pigeons sat quietly for the better part of three hours. Up to that point, we’d seen only a couple of pairs ...

The Band-tailed pigeon is the largest member of the pigeons and doves family group. They are larger than the familiar rock pigeon aka city pigeon and their stocky grayish body has a unique purplish ...

Q: What can the public do to help reduce the spread of avian trichomonosis in band-tailed pigeons? A: Population numbers for band-tailed pigeons in California are relatively stable. However, we remain ...

A new pathogen has been discovered by scientists investigating major die-offs of pigeons native to North America, according to studies led by the University of California, Davis, and the California ...

A new parasite, along with one possibly found in T-Rex, has been implicated in the recent deaths of thousands of Pacific Coast band-tailed pigeons. Avian trichomonosis is an emerging and potentially ...