Columbina squammata
Silhouette: Sheatherius · PhyloPic
In 3 days ~60% in a week ~90%
The scaled dove (Columbina squammata), also known as scaly dove, Ridgway's dove, mottled dove, and South American zebra dove, is found in Brazil, Bolivia, Argentina, Colombia, French Guiana, Paraguay, Trinidad and Tobago,Venezuela and Uruguay.
Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry shrubland, subtropical or tropical moist shrubland, subtropical or tropical seasonally wet or flooded lowland grassland, and heavily degraded former forest. It measures between 18 and 22 centimeters in length and weighs between 48 and 60 grams. The species has grayish-brown upper parts and a pinkish-gray face and chest. The throat is white and the distal wing coverts are also white and form a visible white spot on the wings when they are closed. The tail is dark with the tips of the rectrices being white, forming a white band on the side of the tail, noticeable when the bird is in flight. The species has dark eyes, pink legs and gray beak. It has a "scaly" appearance caused by the dark edges of the feathers. The most striking feature of this species is the scaling pattern of the plumage, which provides it with efficient camouflage. When in flight you can see a white stripe... Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Serra da Canastra National Park | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 2 | Emas National Park | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 3 | Chapada dos Guimarães National Park | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 4 | Chapada Diamantina National Park | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 5 | Henri Pittier National Park | 🇻🇪 Venezuela | |
| 6 | Parque Estadual Encontro das Águas | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 7 | Iberá National Park | 🇦🇷 Argentina | |
| 8 | Sierra de la Macarena National Park | 🇨🇴 Colombia | |
| 9 | Tayrona National Natural Park | 🇨🇴 Colombia | |
| 10 | Iguaçu National Park | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 11 | Iguazú National Park | 🇦🇷 Argentina |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Maracaibo | 🇻🇪 Venezuela | |
| 2 | Fortaleza | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 3 | São Luís | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 4 | Goiânia | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 5 | Campo Grande | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 6 | Valencia | 🇻🇪 Venezuela | |
| 7 | Brasilia | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 8 | Caracas | 🇻🇪 Venezuela | |
| 9 | Asuncion | 🇵🇾 Paraguay | |
| 10 | Barranquilla | 🇨🇴 Colombia |
Possible
About 30% of wildlife watchers report a Scaled Dove sighting in Chapada Diamantina National Park on a given day, based on 177 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 45th most-seen of the 271 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 60%, and over a week to about 90%, if each day is a fresh chance.
January, May–July and October–November
In those months about 30% of wildlife watchers report a Scaled Dove in Chapada Diamantina National Park on a given day, against about 20% in February–April, August–September and December, the lowest months.
Between 7 and 10 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Scaled Dove sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
4th of 11
Of the 11 parks where we can rate Scaled Dove sightings, Chapada Diamantina National Park ranks 4th at about 30%. The best odds are in Serra da Canastra National Park (Brazil, about 50%), Emas National Park (Brazil, about 40%) and Chapada dos Guimarães National Park (Brazil, about 30%). All parks ranked.
Same genus: Columbina
The closest relatives of the Scaled Dove that you can see in Chapada Diamantina National Park (genus Columbina, Small Ground Doves) are Ruddy Ground-Dove (about 10%) and Picuí Ground-Dove (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Scaled Dove is recorded against all the birds logged in Chapada Diamantina National Park (177 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.
