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 ...

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 abundance of Band-tailed Pigeons (Patagioenas fasciata monilis) has declined substantially from historic numbers along the Pacific Coast. Identification of patterns and causative factors of this ...

An alarming increase in the number of dead and dying band-tailed pigeons along the California coast has prompted wildlife biologists to ask the public for help documenting the apparent decline of the ...

Captive band-tailed pigeons (Columba fasciata) were studied to document progression of molts and plumages from juvenal to adult age. Immature pigeons began the post-juvenal molt at 35 days which ...

Dozens of band-tailed pigeons in the South Bay and parts of Contra Costa County are dying from avian trichomoniasis. The outbreak, related to the drought, could devastate the population of the ...

A new pathogen has been discovered by scientists investigating major die-offs of pigeons native to North America, according to studies led by UC Davis and the state Department of Fish and Wildlife.

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 ...