Mourning Dove

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Mourning Dove

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Badlands National Park leads · 25 parks ranked by real sighting rates

Parks Ranked

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

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1 Badlands National Park 🇺🇸 United States
~80%
2 Point Pelee National Park 🇨🇦 Canada
~70%
3 Saguaro National Park 🇺🇸 United States
~70%
4 Joshua Tree National Park 🇺🇸 United States
~50%
5 Death Valley National Park 🇺🇸 United States
~50%
6 Los Haitises National Park 🇩🇴 Dominican Republic
~50%
7 Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge 🇺🇸 United States
~40%
8 Congaree National Park 🇺🇸 United States
~40%
9 Shenandoah National Park 🇺🇸 United States
~40%
10 Acadia National Park 🇺🇸 United States
~40%
11 Big Bend National Park 🇺🇸 United States
~30%
12 Irazú Volcano National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
~30%
13 Everglades National Park 🇺🇸 United States
~30%
14 Great Smoky Mountains National Park 🇺🇸 United States
~30%
15 Guadalupe Mountains National Park 🇺🇸 United States
~30%
16 Ciénaga de Zapata 🇨🇺 Cuba
~30%
17 Channel Islands National Park 🇺🇸 United States
~30%
18 Riding Mountain National Park 🇨🇦 Canada
~20%
19 Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks 🇺🇸 United States
~20%
20 Big Cypress National Preserve 🇺🇸 United States
~20%
21 Zion National Park 🇺🇸 United States
~20%
22 Jaragua National Park 🇩🇴 Dominican Republic
~20%
23 El Vizcaíno Biosphere Reserve 🇲🇽 Mexico
~20%
24 Cabo Pulmo National Park 🇲🇽 Mexico
~20%
25 Cumbres de Monterrey National Park 🇲🇽 Mexico
~20%

Before you go

Which is the best park to see a Mourning Dove?

Badlands National Park

In Badlands National Park, United States, about 80% of wildlife watchers report a Mourning Dove sighting on a given day, the highest of the 25 parks where we can rate it, from GBIF citizen-science data.

When is the best time to see a Mourning Dove?

It depends on the park

In the top parks, the best months are May and July in Badlands National Park (about 90%), April to August in Point Pelee National Park (about 80%) and July and August in Saguaro National Park (about 90%), as the share of wildlife watchers who report a Mourning Dove on a given day. Each park's Mourning Dove page has the full month-by-month chart.