band-tailed pigeon vs bandtail

band-tailed pigeon and bandtail both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
band-tailed pigeon	Yes	No	No	No
bandtail	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, band-tailed pigeon and bandtail are synonyms defined as:

band-tailed pigeon and bandtail: wild pigeon of western North America; often mistaken for the now extinct passenger pigeon

Other synonyms of band-tailed pigeon include band-tail pigeon, Columba fasciata.

band-tailed pigeon (noun)	bandtail (noun)
wild pigeon of western North America; often mistaken for the now extinct passenger pigeon	wild pigeon of western North America; often mistaken for the now extinct passenger pigeon