Leptotila verreauxi
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In 3 days <5% in a week ~10%
The white-tipped dove (Leptotila verreauxi) is a large New World tropical dove. Its scientific name commemorates the French naturalists Jules and Edouard Verreaux. The dove is a resident breeder from southernmost Texas in the United States through Mexico and Central America south to western Peru and central Argentina. It also breeds on the offshore islands of northern South America, including Trinidad and Tobago and the Netherlands Antilles. It inhabits scrub, woodland and forest. Wikipedia →
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Asuncion | 🇵🇾 Paraguay | |
| 2 | Campo Grande | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 3 | Buenos Aires | 🇦🇷 Argentina | |
| 4 | Guatemala City | 🇬🇹 Guatemala | |
| 5 | Porto Alegre | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 6 | Guayaquil | 🇪🇨 Ecuador | |
| 7 | Curitiba | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 8 | Goiânia | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 9 | Panama City | 🇵🇦 Panama | |
| 10 | Montevideo | 🇺🇾 Uruguay |
| # | Zoo / Centre | Country | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bird Paradise | 🇸🇬 Singapore | |
| 2 | Rainforest Wild Asia | 🇸🇬 Singapore | |
| 3 | El Nispero Zoo | 🇵🇦 Panama | |
| 4 | Avifauna | 🇪🇸 Spain |
Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a White-tipped Dove sighting in Caroni Swamp on a given day, based on 14 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 145th most-seen of the 169 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to under 5%, and over a week to about 10%, if each day is a fresh chance.
June and October
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a White-tipped Dove in Caroni Swamp on a given day, against under 5% in July–September and November–May, the lowest months. Those are among Caroni Swamp's wettest months, with about 120 mm of rain a month against 25 mm in February.
Between 1 and 4 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most White-tipped Dove sightings with a recorded time, and nearly all of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
76th of 80
Of the 80 parks where we can rate White-tipped Dove sightings, Caroni Swamp ranks 76th at under 5%. The best odds are in El Impenetrable National Park (Argentina, about 70%), Parque Estadual Encontro das Águas (Brazil, about 70%) and Main Ridge Forest Reserve (Trinidad and Tobago, about 70%). All parks ranked.
Same family: Columbidae
The closest relatives of the White-tipped Dove that you can see in Caroni Swamp (family Columbidae, Pigeons and Doves) are Ruddy Ground-Dove (about 50%) and Eared Dove (about 20%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the White-tipped Dove is recorded against all the birds logged in Caroni Swamp (14 verified sightings from 2019 to 2026), calibrated against known sighting rates. Figures are rounded to the nearest 10% because citizen-science data supports honest approximations, not decimals, and months with records from fewer than five people show "—". How it works.
