Inca Dove

Where to see

Inca Dove

Columbina inca

Palo Verde National Park leads · 16 parks ranked by real sighting rates

Parks Ranked

Share of wildlife watchers reporting an Inca Dove during a day in the park, from citizen-science data (GBIF)

#ParkCountrySighting
1 Palo Verde National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
~60%
2 Santa Rosa National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
~50%
3 Masaya Volcano National Park 🇳🇮 Nicaragua
~40%
4 El Triunfo 🇲🇽 Mexico
~40%
5 Las Baulas Marine National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
~40%
6 Cañón del Sumidero National Park 🇲🇽 Mexico
~40%
7 Rincón de la Vieja National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
~40%
8 Celaque National Park 🇭🇳 Honduras
~30%
9 Manuel Antonio National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
~30%
10 Carara National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
~30%
11 Cabo Blanco Absolute Nature Reserve 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
~30%
12 Pico Bonito National Park 🇭🇳 Honduras
~30%
13 Ostional Wildlife Refuge 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
~20%
14 Cumbres de Monterrey National Park 🇲🇽 Mexico
~20%
15 Cusuco National Park 🇭🇳 Honduras
~20%
16 Marino Ballena National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
~20%

Before you go

Which is the best park to see an Inca Dove?

Palo Verde National Park

In Palo Verde National Park, Costa Rica, about 60% of wildlife watchers report an Inca Dove sighting on a given day, the highest of the 16 parks where we can rate it, from GBIF citizen-science data.

Where else can you see an Inca Dove?

Santa Rosa National Park and more

After Palo Verde National Park, the next-best odds of seeing an Inca Dove are in Santa Rosa National Park (Costa Rica, about 50%), Masaya Volcano National Park (Nicaragua, about 40%) and El Triunfo (Mexico, about 40%). Outside Central America, the best option is El Triunfo in North America (about 40%).

When is the best time to see an Inca Dove?

It depends on the park

In the top parks, the best months are October in Palo Verde National Park (about 80%), April, October and December in Santa Rosa National Park (about 60%) and July and December in Masaya Volcano National Park (about 60%), as the share of wildlife watchers who report an Inca Dove on a given day. Each park's Inca Dove page has the full month-by-month chart.