Leptotila verreauxi
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In 3 days ~30% in a week ~50%
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 |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a White-tipped Dove sighting in Barranquilla on a given day, based on 63 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 67th most-seen of the 153 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 30%, and over a week to about 50%, if each day is a fresh chance.
June and August–September
In those months about 20% of wildlife watchers report a White-tipped Dove in Barranquilla on a given day, against under 5% in February, April and November, the lowest months. Those are among Barranquilla's wettest months, with about 140 mm of rain a month against almost none in January.
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.
21st of 38
Of the 38 cities where we can rate White-tipped Dove sightings, Barranquilla ranks 21st at about 10%. The best odds are in Asuncion (Paraguay, about 80%), Campo Grande (Brazil, about 30%) and Buenos Aires (Argentina, about 30%).
Same family: Columbidae
The closest relatives of the White-tipped Dove that you can see in Barranquilla (family Columbidae, Pigeons and Doves) are Rock Pigeon (about 50%), Ruddy Ground-Dove (about 40%) and Common Ground-Dove (about 30%), 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 Barranquilla (63 verified sightings), 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.
