Larger, with a longer tail than a rock pigeon; blue-gray on the upper parts with contrasting blackish gray flight feathers; a blackish gray tail with a broad, pale gray terminal band. Paler-gray ...

A dead pigeon spotted on a road in Woodside on March 6, 2023. A parasite is being blamed for killing hundreds of band-tailed pigeons in the Bay Area this winter. Photo by Kate Daly. Pigeon ...