Columba albitorques
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In 3 days >90%
The white-collared pigeon (Columba albitorques) is a species of bird in the family Columbidae. The species is endemic to the Ethiopian Highlands in Eritrea and Ethiopia. It occupies countryside surrounding rocky cliffs and gorgesand is also common in town centres.
The species is monotypic: no subspecies are recognised. The white-collared pigeon is 32 cm (13 in) in length. It is a large grey-brown pigeon with a conspicuous white hindcollar contrasting with a slate-grey head. In flight it shows prominent white wing patches formed by white inner primary coverts.
Sinclair, Ian; Ryan, Peter (2003). Birds of Africa South of the Sahara. Cape Town: Struik. Wikipedia →
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Ethiopia · 2014
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| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bale Mountains National Park | 🇪🇹 Ethiopia |
More parks will be added in future updates.
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Addis Ababa | 🇪🇹 Ethiopia |
Very likely
About 80% of wildlife watchers report a White-collared Pigeon sighting in Bale Mountains National Park on a given day, based on 209 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 3rd most-seen of the 117 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to over 90%, if each day is a fresh chance.
May and December–January
In those months about 90% of wildlife watchers report a White-collared Pigeon in Bale Mountains National Park on a given day, against about 60% in February and April, the lowest months. Those are among Bale Mountains National Park's driest months, with about 70 mm of rain a month against 230 mm in April. March and September have too few records to rate.
Between 5 and 8 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most White-collared 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.
Only Bale Mountains National Park, in our data
Bale Mountains National Park is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate White-collared Pigeon sightings: about 80% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the White-collared Pigeon is recorded against all the birds logged in Bale Mountains National Park (209 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.
