Patagioenas cayennensis
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In 3 days ~60% in a week ~90%
The pale-vented pigeon (Patagioenas cayennensis) is a large pigeon (family Columbidae) found in the tropical Americas. Formerly often placed in Columba, it actually belongs to a clade of the older New World genus Patagioenas. With its relatives it represents an evolutionary radiation extending through most of the warm-temperate to tropical Americas. Grey-hued birds, even their males generally lack iridescent display plumage, although the present species has some coppery gloss on the nape.
It is a resident breeder from southern Mexico south to Bolivia and northern Argentina and on Tobago and Trinidad, although it is very localised on the latter island. Vagrants are occasionally seen in adjacent regions; for example, the species is noted to stray into Uruguay from Argentina and occasionally from Brazil, but it has never been noted to breed or even maintain a permanent presence in the former country.
The pale-vented pigeon is 30–32 cm long and weighs normally 230–250 g. Adult males have a mainly dull purple head, breast and upperpart plumage, with copper glossing on the nape and a whitish throat. The lower back and tail are dark grey and the lower underparts are pale... Wikipedia →
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Panama City | 🇵🇦 Panama | |
| 2 | Guayaquil | 🇪🇨 Ecuador | |
| 3 | Belém | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 4 | Campo Grande | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 5 | Goiânia | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 6 | San Pedro Sula | 🇭🇳 Honduras | |
| 7 | Manaus | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 8 | Brasilia | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 9 | Valencia | 🇻🇪 Venezuela | |
| 10 | Barranquilla | 🇨🇴 Colombia |
| # | Zoo / Centre | Country | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Aviario Nacional de Colombia | 🇨🇴 Colombia | |
| 2 | El Nispero Zoo | 🇵🇦 Panama |
Possible
About 30% of wildlife watchers report a Pale-vented Pigeon sighting in Cockscomb Basin Wildlife Sanctuary on a given day, based on 278 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 68th most-seen of the 277 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 60%, and over a week to about 90%, if each day is a fresh chance.
January and March–April
In those months about 40% of wildlife watchers report a Pale-vented Pigeon in Cockscomb Basin Wildlife Sanctuary on a given day, against under 5% in October, the lowest month. Those are among Cockscomb Basin Wildlife Sanctuary's driest months, with about 90 mm of rain a month against 300 mm in June.
Between 6 and 9 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Pale-vented Pigeon sightings with a recorded time, and about 8 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
17th of 59
Of the 59 parks where we can rate Pale-vented Pigeon sightings, Cockscomb Basin Wildlife Sanctuary ranks 17th at about 30%. The best odds are in Parque Estadual Encontro das Águas (Brazil, about 60%), Bastimentos Island National Marine Park (Panama, about 60%) and Main Ridge Forest Reserve (Trinidad and Tobago, about 50%). All parks ranked.
Same genus: Patagioenas
The closest relatives of the Pale-vented Pigeon that you can see in Cockscomb Basin Wildlife Sanctuary (genus Patagioenas, New World Pigeons) are Short-billed Pigeon (about 60%), Scaled Pigeon (about 10%) and Red-billed Pigeon (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Pale-vented Pigeon is recorded against all the birds logged in Cockscomb Basin Wildlife Sanctuary (278 verified sightings from 2019 to 2026), 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.
