Patagioenas plumbea
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In 3 days ~80% in a week >90%
The plumbeous pigeon (Patagioenas plumbea) is a species of bird in the family Columbidae. It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela. The plumbeous pigeon is most closely related to the ruddy pigeon (P. subvinacea), short-billed pigeon (P. nigrirostris), and dusky pigeon (P. goodsoni), and they have sometimes been placed in subgenus Oenoenas.
Vocal differences among and even within the subspecies hint that more than one species may be involved. The plumbeous pigeon is 34 cm (13 in) long and weighs 172 to 231 g (6.1 to 8.1 oz). Males have a dark gray head, neck, and underparts that sometimes have a pinkish or purplish tinge. The shoulders, back, rump, wings, and tail are dark grayish brown to drab olive. The hindneck sometimes has bronzy spots. The eye is red and surrounded by bare purplish red skin. The female's purplish wash... Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Amboró National Park | 🇧🇴 Bolivia | |
| 2 | Itatiaia National Park | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 3 | Yasuní National Park | 🇪🇨 Ecuador | |
| 4 | Tambopata National Reserve | 🇵🇪 Peru | |
| 5 | Farallones de Cali National Natural Park | 🇨🇴 Colombia | |
| 6 | Darién National Park | 🇵🇦 Panama | |
| 7 | Amacayacu National Natural Park | 🇨🇴 Colombia | |
| 8 | Cuyabeno Wildlife Reserve | 🇪🇨 Ecuador | |
| 9 | Manu National Park | 🇵🇪 Peru | |
| 10 | Anavilhanas National Park | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 11 | Utría National Natural Park | 🇨🇴 Colombia | |
| 12 | Serra dos Órgãos National Park | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 13 | Brownsberg Nature Park | 🇸🇷 Suriname | |
| 14 | Podocarpus National Park | 🇪🇨 Ecuador | |
| 15 | Sierra de la Macarena National Park | 🇨🇴 Colombia | |
| 16 | Chingaza National Natural Park | 🇨🇴 Colombia | |
| 17 | Parque Estadual Encontro das Águas | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 18 | Los Nevados National Natural Park | 🇨🇴 Colombia |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Belo Horizonte | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 2 | Santos | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 3 | São Paulo | 🇧🇷 Brazil |
Likely
About 40% of wildlife watchers report a Plumbeous Pigeon sighting in Amboró National Park on a given day, based on 232 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 27th most-seen of the 273 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 80%, and over a week to over 90%, if each day is a fresh chance.
January and October
In those months about 60% of wildlife watchers report a Plumbeous Pigeon in Amboró National Park on a given day, against about 10% in May, the lowest month. June has too few records to rate.
Between 8 and 11 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Plumbeous Pigeon sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Yes
Of the 18 parks where we can rate Plumbeous Pigeon sightings, Amboró National Park has the highest daily chance: about 40%. Next come Itatiaia National Park (Brazil, about 40%) and Yasuní National Park (Ecuador, about 30%). All parks ranked.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Plumbeous Pigeon is recorded against all the birds logged in Amboró National Park (232 verified sightings from 2019 to 2026), calibrated against known sighting rates. Figures are rounded to the nearest 10% because citizen-science data supports honest approximations, not decimals, and months with records from fewer than five people show "—". How it works.
