Where to see
Spilopelia chinensis
Udawalawe National Park leads · 37 parks ranked by real sighting rates
Share of wildlife watchers reporting a Pearl-necked Dove during a day in the park, from citizen-science data (GBIF)
| # | Park | Country | Sighting |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Udawalawe National Park | 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka | |
| 2 | Yala National Park | 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka | |
| 3 | Wilpattu National Park | 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka | |
| 4 | Kanha National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 5 | Mudumalai National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 6 | Bandhavgarh National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 7 | Bandipur National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 8 | Satpura National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 9 | Chitwan National Park | 🇳🇵 Nepal | |
| 10 | Minneriya National Park | 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka | |
| 11 | Kaziranga National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 12 | Nagarhole National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 13 | Bali Barat National Park | 🇮🇩 Indonesia | |
| 14 | Sundarbans National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 15 | Sinharaja Forest Reserve | 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka | |
| 16 | Royal Bardia National Park | 🇳🇵 Nepal | |
| 17 | Manas National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 18 | Gir National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 19 | Komodo National Park | 🇮🇩 Indonesia | |
| 20 | Periyar National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 21 | Kaeng Krachan National Park | 🇹🇭 Thailand | |
| 22 | Jim Corbett National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 23 | Khao Yai National Park | 🇹🇭 Thailand | |
| 24 | Ranthambore National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 25 | Doi Inthanon National Park | 🇹🇭 Thailand |
Udawalawe National Park
In Udawalawe National Park, Sri Lanka, about 90% of wildlife watchers report a Pearl-necked Dove sighting on a given day, the highest of the 37 parks where we can rate it, from GBIF citizen-science data.
Yala National Park and more
After Udawalawe National Park, the next-best odds of seeing a Pearl-necked Dove are in Yala National Park (Sri Lanka, about 80%), Wilpattu National Park (Sri Lanka, about 80%) and Kanha National Park (India, about 80%). Outside Asia, the best option is Bali Barat National Park in Southeast Asia (about 70%).
It depends on the park
In the top parks, the best months are April to December in Udawalawe National Park (about 90%), January–February, April–June, August–September and November in Yala National Park (about 90%) and January, June, September and November in Wilpattu National Park (about 90%), as the share of wildlife watchers who report a Pearl-necked Dove on a given day. Each park's Pearl-necked Dove page has the full month-by-month chart.
