Where to see
Streptopelia decipiens
Niokolo-Koba National Park leads · 16 parks ranked by real sighting rates
Share of wildlife watchers reporting an African Mourning Dove during a day in the park, from citizen-science data (GBIF)
| # | Park | Country | Sighting |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Niokolo-Koba National Park | 🇸🇳 Senegal | |
| 2 | Samburu National Reserve | 🇰🇪 Kenya | |
| 3 | Tarangire National Park | 🇹🇿 Tanzania | |
| 4 | Awash National Park | 🇪🇹 Ethiopia | |
| 5 | Amboseli National Park | 🇰🇪 Kenya | |
| 6 | Gonarezhou National Park | 🇿🇼 Zimbabwe | |
| 7 | Murchison Falls National Park | 🇺🇬 Uganda | |
| 8 | Tsavo West National Park | 🇰🇪 Kenya | |
| 9 | Meru National Park | 🇰🇪 Kenya | |
| 10 | Tsavo East National Park | 🇰🇪 Kenya | |
| 11 | Serengeti National Park | 🇹🇿 Tanzania | |
| 12 | Queen Elizabeth National Park | 🇺🇬 Uganda | |
| 13 | Ngorongoro Conservation Area | 🇹🇿 Tanzania | |
| 14 | Ruaha National Park | 🇹🇿 Tanzania | |
| 15 | Lower Zambezi National Park | 🇿🇲 Zambia | |
| 16 | Mkomazi National Park | 🇹🇿 Tanzania |
Niokolo-Koba National Park
In Niokolo-Koba National Park, Senegal, about 50% of wildlife watchers report an African Mourning Dove sighting on a given day, the highest of the 16 parks where we can rate it, from GBIF citizen-science data.
Samburu National Reserve and more
After Niokolo-Koba National Park, the next-best odds of seeing an African Mourning Dove are in Samburu National Reserve (Kenya, about 50%), Tarangire National Park (Tanzania, about 40%) and Awash National Park (Ethiopia, about 40%).
It depends on the park
In the top parks, the best months are April and December in Niokolo-Koba National Park (about 60%), April–June and December in Samburu National Reserve (about 60%) and April and May in Tarangire National Park (about 60%), as the share of wildlife watchers who report an African Mourning Dove on a given day. Each park's African Mourning Dove page has the full month-by-month chart.
