Streptopelia tranquebarica
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In 3 days ~20% in a week ~40%
The red collared dove (Streptopelia tranquebarica), also known as the red turtle dove, is a small pigeon which is a resident breeding bird in the tropics of Asia. The male has a blue-grey head and a red-brown body. The female is much plainer, with pale brown plumage similar to that of the larger Eurasian collared dove.
The red collared dove was formally described by the French naturalist Johann Hermann in 1804 and given the binomial name Columba tranquebarica. The specific epithet is from the town Tranquebar, now Tharangambadi, on the Coromandel Coast in southern India. The red turtle dove is now placed in the genus Streptopelia that was introduced in 1855 by the French ornithologist Charles Lucien Bonaparte. The genus name is from the Ancient Greek streptos meaning "collar" and peleia meaning "dove".
Two subspecies are recognised: Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cat Tien National Park | 🇻🇳 Vietnam | |
| 2 | Kaziranga National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 3 | Keoladeo National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 4 | Manas National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 5 | Chitwan National Park | 🇳🇵 Nepal | |
| 6 | Khao Yai National Park | 🇹🇭 Thailand | |
| 7 | Royal Bardia National Park | 🇳🇵 Nepal | |
| 8 | Doi Inthanon National Park | 🇹🇭 Thailand | |
| 9 | Kaeng Krachan National Park | 🇹🇭 Thailand | |
| 10 | Ranthambore National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 11 | Satpura National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 12 | Jim Corbett National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 13 | Bandhavgarh National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 14 | Gir National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 15 | Kanha National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 16 | Taroko National Park | 🇹🇼 Taiwan | |
| 17 | Royal Manas National Park | 🇧🇹 Bhutan | |
| 18 | Sundarbans National Park | 🇮🇳 India |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tainan | 🇹🇼 Taiwan | |
| 2 | Phnom Penh | 🇰🇭 Cambodia | |
| 3 | Taichung | 🇹🇼 Taiwan | |
| 4 | Bangkok | 🇹🇭 Thailand | |
| 5 | Kaohsiung | 🇹🇼 Taiwan | |
| 6 | Makassar | 🇮🇩 Indonesia | |
| 7 | Taipei | 🇹🇼 Taiwan | |
| 8 | Rajkot | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 9 | Davao City | 🇵🇭 Philippines | |
| 10 | Manila | 🇵🇭 Philippines |
| # | Zoo / Centre | Country | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Zoo Pilsen | 🇨🇿 Czechia | |
| 2 | Warsaw Zoo | 🇵🇱 Poland | |
| 3 | Hong Kong Zoological and Botanical Gardens | 🇨🇳 China | |
| 4 | Avifauna | 🇪🇸 Spain | |
| 5 | Edward Youde Aviary | 🇭🇰 Hong Kong SAR China | |
| 6 | herpetarium warszawskiego ZOO | 🇵🇱 Poland | |
| 7 | akwarium warszawskiego ZOO | 🇵🇱 Poland | |
| 8 | hipopotamiarnia i akwarium morskie warszawskiego ZOO | 🇵🇱 Poland |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Red Turtle Dove sighting in Kathmandu on a given day, based on 323 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 77th most-seen of the 312 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 20%, and over a week to about 40%, if each day is a fresh chance.
August
In that month about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Red Turtle Dove in Kathmandu on a given day, against under 5% in June and October–April, the lowest months. That is one of Kathmandu's wettest months, with about 240 mm of rain against almost none in November.
Between 9 am and noon
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Red Turtle Dove sightings with a recorded time, and about 7 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is most active around dawn and dusk.
23rd of 51
Of the 51 cities where we can rate Red Turtle Dove sightings, Kathmandu ranks 23rd at about 10%. The best odds are in Tainan (Taiwan, about 70%), Phnom Penh (Cambodia, about 70%) and Taichung (Taiwan, about 50%).
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Red Turtle Dove is recorded against all the birds logged in Kathmandu (323 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.
