Grey-fronted Dove

Grey-fronted Dove

Leptotila rufaxilla

Silhouette: Sheatherius · PhyloPic

LCLeast ConcernNTVUENCR
Daily sighting probability <5% · Rare
at Santos

In 3 days ~10% in a week ~30%

74 Verified sightings at Santos
5,018 In all 21 parks From 2019 to 2026
December Best month
☀️ Diurnal When it's spotted

About the Grey-fronted Dove

The grey-fronted dove (Leptotila rufaxilla) is a large New World tropical dove. It is found on Trinidad and in every mainland South American country except Chile. The grey-fronted dove, the grey-headed dove (Leptotila plumbeiceps) and azuero dove (L. battyi) of Central America, the pallid dove (L. pallida) of South America, and the Grenada dove (L. wellsi) of Grenada were at one time thought to be a single species. Even after these were split into individual species, some authors treated pallid dove as a subspecies of grey-fronted dove. Grey-fronted dove, grey-headed dove, and pallid dove are possibly a superspecies.

The grey-fronted dove has these six subspecies. Adult males of the nominate subspecies have a grayish... Wikipedia →

Sounds

Song0:38

Brazil · 2026

© JAYRSON ARAUJO DE OLIVEIRA · XC1150812 · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

Recording0:37

Argentina · 2024

© Sabrina Andrea Rendon Anaya · XC884479 · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

Call0:21

Ecuador · 2022

© Paul Bourdin · XC742788 · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

Global Distribution

Parks Where Found

# Park Country Daily sighting probability
1 Amacayacu National Natural Park 🇨🇴 Colombia
~30%
2 Brownsberg Nature Park 🇸🇷 Suriname
~30%
3 Manu National Park 🇵🇪 Peru
~30%
4 Yasuní National Park 🇪🇨 Ecuador
~20%
5 Serra dos Órgãos National Park 🇧🇷 Brazil
~20%
6 Tambopata National Reserve 🇵🇪 Peru
~20%
7 Sierra de la Macarena National Park 🇨🇴 Colombia
~20%
8 Podocarpus National Park 🇪🇨 Ecuador
~20%
9 Cuyabeno Wildlife Reserve 🇪🇨 Ecuador
~20%
10 Iguaçu National Park 🇧🇷 Brazil
~10%
11 Iguazú National Park 🇦🇷 Argentina
~10%
12 Anavilhanas National Park 🇧🇷 Brazil
~10%
13 Chapada dos Guimarães National Park 🇧🇷 Brazil
~10%
14 Parque Estadual Encontro das Águas 🇧🇷 Brazil
~10%
15 Emas National Park 🇧🇷 Brazil
~10%
16 Serra da Canastra National Park 🇧🇷 Brazil
<5%
17 Amboró National Park 🇧🇴 Bolivia
<5%
18 Itatiaia National Park 🇧🇷 Brazil
<5%
19 Chapada Diamantina National Park 🇧🇷 Brazil
<5%
20 Tijuca National Park 🇧🇷 Brazil
<5%
21 Chingaza National Natural Park 🇨🇴 Colombia
<5%

Cities Where Found

# City Country Daily sighting probability
1 Belém 🇧🇷 Brazil
~10%
2 Recife 🇧🇷 Brazil
~10%
3 Santos 🇧🇷 Brazil
<5%
4 Curitiba 🇧🇷 Brazil
<5%
5 São Paulo 🇧🇷 Brazil
<5%
6 Campo Grande 🇧🇷 Brazil
<5%
7 Porto Alegre 🇧🇷 Brazil
<5%
8 Rio de Janeiro 🇧🇷 Brazil
<5%
9 Belo Horizonte 🇧🇷 Brazil
<5%

Before you go

What are the chances of seeing a Grey-fronted Dove in Santos?

Rare

Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Grey-fronted Dove sighting in Santos on a given day, based on 74 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 80th most-seen of the 203 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 10%, and over a week to about 30%, if each day is a fresh chance.

When is the best time to see a Grey-fronted Dove in Santos?

May and November–January

In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Grey-fronted Dove in Santos on a given day, against under 5% in February–April and June–October, the lowest months.

What time of day is best to see a Grey-fronted Dove?

Between 9 am and noon

Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Grey-fronted Dove sightings with a recorded time, and about 8 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.

Is Santos the best place to see a Grey-fronted Dove?

3rd of 9

Of the 9 cities where we can rate Grey-fronted Dove sightings, Santos ranks 3rd at under 5%. The best odds are in Belém (Brazil, about 10%) and Recife (Brazil, about 10%).

Where does the Grey-fronted Dove sighting chance come from?

GBIF citizen-science records

It is estimated from how often the Grey-fronted Dove is recorded against all the birds logged in Santos (74 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.

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