Columba janthina
In 3 days ~30% in a week ~50%
The black wood pigeon or Japanese wood pigeon (Columba janthina) is a species of bird in the family Columbidae. It is found in East Asia, occurring mainly on offshore islands of the Pacific's Korea Strait, Philippine Sea and East China Sea around Japan, Korea, China, and Taiwan. Its natural habitats are temperate forests and subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests. The species is in decline owing to habitat loss, habitat degradation, deforestation and hunting. This wood pigeon is endemic to laurel forest habitat.
The black wood pigeon is the largest East Asian representative of the genus Columba; with a weight of around 550 g (19 oz) and an overall length of 37–43.5 cm (14.6–17.1 in), it is on average only slightly smaller than the 41–45 cm (16–18 in) common wood pigeon of Europe and western Asia. The head is small. There are three subspecies of Columba janthina, with some plumage differences.
It is very dark in appearance, with a small head, a longish neck and tail. Overall the body is soot-black with iridescent green or purple on crown, shoulders and sides of neck. The irises are brown and the legs are red. The whole body is covered with iridescent black... Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
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More parks will be added in future updates.
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
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| 1 | Shanghai | 🇨🇳 China |
| # | Zoo / Centre | Country | |
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| 1 | Ueno Zoo | 🇯🇵 Japan | |
| 2 | Ueno Zoological Gardens (West Garden) | 🇯🇵 Japan | |
| 3 | Okinawa Zoo & Museum | 🇯🇵 Japan |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Japanese Wood Pigeon sighting in Shanghai on a given day, based on 20 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 40th most-seen of the 202 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.
January
In that month about 30% of wildlife watchers report a Japanese Wood Pigeon in Shanghai on a given day, against under 5% in April to October, the lowest months.
Between 2 and 5 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Japanese Wood Pigeon sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Only Shanghai, in our data
Shanghai is the only city on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Japanese Wood Pigeon sightings: about 10% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Japanese Wood Pigeon is recorded against all the birds logged in Shanghai (20 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.
