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title: "Pigeon Horntail"
description: "Tremex columba — Insekten & Spinnen. Tremex columba, also known as the pigeon tremex or pigeon horntail, is a species of horntail that is native to eastern and western North America."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/de/animal/pigeon-horntail
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Pigeon Horntail

> Tremex columba — Insekten & Spinnen. Tremex columba, also known as the pigeon tremex or pigeon horntail, is a species of horntail that is native to eastern and western North America.

- Scientific name: *Tremex columba*
- Category: `insects` (Insekten & Spinnen)
- Habitats: `forest` (Wald)
- iNaturalist observations: 9143
- Wikidata: [Q12007391](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q12007391)
- iNaturalist taxon: [63275](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/63275)

## Names

- en: Pigeon Horntail
- fr: Sirex commun d'Amérique

## Countries with the most observations

US (6376), CA (1849), MX (4)

## Summary

Tremex columba, also known as the pigeon tremex or pigeon horntail, is a species of horntail that is native to eastern and western North America.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tremex_columba

## Photo

![Pigeon Horntail](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/pigeon-horntail/medium.jpg)

Photo: David Bird · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/135671488

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/pigeon-horntail?lang=de` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).