Treron australis
Silhouette: Sheatherius · PhyloPic
In 3 days ~80% in a week >90%
The Madagascar green pigeon or Madagascan green pigeon (Treron australis) is a species of bird in the family Columbidae. It is endemic to Madagascar. The taxon griveaudi, by most authorities considered a subspecies of the Madagascan green pigeon, is sometimes considered a separate species, the Comoros green pigeon (Treron comorensis). Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forest and subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest.
In 1760 the French zoologist Mathurin Jacques Brisson included a description of the Madagascar green pigeon in his Ornithologie based on specimen that he had examined. He used the French name Le pigeon ramier verd de Madagascar and the Latin Palumbus viridis madagascariensis. The species was also illustrated in Edme-Louis Daubenton's Planches Enluminées D'Histoire Naturelle. Although Brisson coined Latin names, these do not conform to the binomial system and are not recognised by the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature. When the Swedish naturalist Carl Linnaeus revised his Mantissa Plantarum in 1771 he added an appendix which included a description of the Madagascar green pigeon. He coined the binomial name Columba... Wikipedia →
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| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ankarafantsika National Park | 🇲🇬 Madagascar | |
| 2 | Berenty Reserve | 🇲🇬 Madagascar | |
| 3 | Mantadia National Park | 🇲🇬 Madagascar |
| # | Zoo / Centre | Country | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Riverbanks Zoo | 🇺🇸 United States |
Likely
About 40% of wildlife watchers report a Madagascar Green-Pigeon sighting in Ankarafantsika National Park on a given day, based on 205 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 30th most-seen of the 83 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.
July and September–November
In those months about 50% of wildlife watchers report a Madagascar Green-Pigeon in Ankarafantsika National Park on a given day, against about 30% in June, August and December, the lowest months. Those are among Ankarafantsika National Park's driest months, with about 50 mm of rain a month against 560 mm in January. January–March and May have too few records to rate.
Between 5 and 8 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Madagascar Green-Pigeon sightings with a recorded time, and about 7 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Yes
Of the 3 parks where we can rate Madagascar Green-Pigeon sightings, Ankarafantsika National Park has the highest daily chance: about 40%. Next come Berenty Reserve (Madagascar, about 20%) and Mantadia National Park (Madagascar, about 10%).
Same family: Columbidae
The closest relatives of the Madagascar Green-Pigeon that you can see in Ankarafantsika National Park (family Columbidae, Pigeons and Doves) are Malagasy Turtle Dove (about 60%) and Namaqua Dove (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Madagascar Green-Pigeon is recorded against all the birds logged in Ankarafantsika National Park (205 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.
