Ruddy Ground-Dove

Where to see

Ruddy Ground-Dove

Columbina talpacoti

Tijuca National Park leads · 32 parks ranked by real sighting rates

Parks Ranked

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

#ParkCountrySighting
1 Tijuca National Park 🇧🇷 Brazil
~70%
2 Masaya Volcano National Park 🇳🇮 Nicaragua
~70%
3 Chapada dos Guimarães National Park 🇧🇷 Brazil
~60%
4 Serra dos Órgãos National Park 🇧🇷 Brazil
~60%
5 Caroni Swamp 🇹🇹 Trinidad and Tobago
~50%
6 Parque Natural Metropolitano 🇵🇦 Panama
~50%
7 Arrecifes de Cozumel National Park 🇲🇽 Mexico
~50%
8 Sian Ka'an Biosphere Reserve 🇲🇽 Mexico
~50%
9 Celestún Biosphere Reserve 🇲🇽 Mexico
~50%
10 Piedras Blancas National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
~40%
11 Emas National Park 🇧🇷 Brazil
~40%
12 Montes Azules Biosphere Reserve 🇲🇽 Mexico
~40%
13 Parque Estadual Encontro das Águas 🇧🇷 Brazil
~40%
14 Marino Ballena National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
~40%
15 Serra da Canastra National Park 🇧🇷 Brazil
~40%
16 Tayrona National Natural Park 🇨🇴 Colombia
~30%
17 Iberá National Park 🇦🇷 Argentina
~30%
18 Soberanía National Park 🇵🇦 Panama
~30%
19 Carara National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
~30%
20 Gandoca-Manzanillo Wildlife Refuge 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
~20%
21 Cerro Azul Meámbar National Park 🇭🇳 Honduras
~20%
22 Chirripó National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
~20%
23 Henri Pittier National Park 🇻🇪 Venezuela
~20%
24 Braulio Carrillo National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
~20%
25 San Lorenzo Protected Forest 🇵🇦 Panama
~20%

Before you go

Which is the best park to see a Ruddy Ground-Dove?

Tijuca National Park

In Tijuca National Park, Brazil, about 70% of wildlife watchers report a Ruddy Ground-Dove sighting on a given day, the highest of the 32 parks where we can rate it, from GBIF citizen-science data.

Where else can you see a Ruddy Ground-Dove?

Masaya Volcano National Park and more

After Tijuca National Park, the next-best odds of seeing a Ruddy Ground-Dove are in Masaya Volcano National Park (Nicaragua, about 70%), Chapada dos Guimarães National Park (Brazil, about 60%) and Serra dos Órgãos National Park (Brazil, about 60%). Outside South America, the best options are Masaya Volcano National Park in Central America (about 70%) and Arrecifes de Cozumel National Park in North America (about 50%).

When is the best time to see a Ruddy Ground-Dove?

It depends on the park

In the top parks, the best months are March, August–October and December in Tijuca National Park (about 80%), July and August in Masaya Volcano National Park (about 80%) and June in Chapada dos Guimarães National Park (about 80%), as the share of wildlife watchers who report a Ruddy Ground-Dove on a given day. Each park's Ruddy Ground-Dove page has the full month-by-month chart.