Leptotila verreauxi
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In 3 days ~10% in a week ~20%
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 Fortaleza on a given day, based on 10 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 103rd most-seen of the 129 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 10%, and over a week to about 20%, if each day is a fresh chance.
September and December
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a White-tipped Dove in Fortaleza on a given day, against under 5% in January–August and October–November, the lowest months. Those are among Fortaleza's driest months, with about 15 mm of rain a month against 240 mm in April.
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.
34th of 38
Of the 38 cities where we can rate White-tipped Dove sightings, Fortaleza ranks 34th at under 5%. 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 Fortaleza (family Columbidae, Pigeons and Doves) are Ruddy Ground-Dove (about 70%), Rock Pigeon (about 60%) and Scaled Dove (about 60%), 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 Fortaleza (10 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.
