Treron waalia
Silhouette: Sheatherius · PhyloPic
In 3 days ~70% in a week ~90%
Bruce's green pigeon (Treron waalia), also known as the yellow-bellied fruit pigeon or the yellow-bellied green pigeon, is a species of bird in the family Columbidae. Its range extends across the Sudan (region) towards the Red Sea and the Southwestern Arabian foothills savanna and Dhofar Mountains.
It is a frugivore bird species that specialises on eating the fruits of a single species of fig tree, Ficus platyphylla. Unlike most birds, it does not have a uropygial gland. Despite its name, Bruce's green pigeon is mostly grey with a light yellow breast and olive green upper wings. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kidepo Valley National Park | 🇺🇬 Uganda | |
| 2 | Niokolo-Koba National Park | 🇸🇳 Senegal | |
| 3 | Awash National Park | 🇪🇹 Ethiopia | |
| 4 | Murchison Falls National Park | 🇺🇬 Uganda |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Maiduguri | 🇳🇬 Nigeria |
| # | Zoo / Centre | Country | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Disney's Animal Kingdom | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 2 | San Diego Zoo | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 3 | Bronx Zoo | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 4 | Sedgwick County Zoo | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 5 | Wilhelma | 🇩🇪 Germany | |
| 6 | San Antonio Zoo | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 7 | Riverbanks Zoo | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 8 | Vogelpark Avifauna | 🇳🇱 Netherlands | |
| 9 | Central Park Zoo | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 10 | Palo Alto Junior Museum and Zoo | 🇺🇸 United States |
Possible
About 30% of wildlife watchers report a Bruce's Green-Pigeon sighting in Kidepo Valley National Park on a given day, based on 102 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 55th most-seen of the 332 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 70%, and over a week to about 90%, if each day is a fresh chance.
September and December
In those months about 40% of wildlife watchers report a Bruce's Green-Pigeon in Kidepo Valley National Park on a given day, against about 20% in January–March and June, the lowest months. April and May have too few records to rate.
Between 7 and 10 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Bruce's Green-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.
Yes
Of the 4 parks where we can rate Bruce's Green-Pigeon sightings, Kidepo Valley National Park has the highest daily chance: about 30%. Next come Niokolo-Koba National Park (Senegal, about 10%) and Awash National Park (Ethiopia, under 5%).
Same family: Columbidae
The closest relatives of the Bruce's Green-Pigeon that you can see in Kidepo Valley National Park (family Columbidae, Pigeons and Doves) are Vinaceous Dove (about 60%), Red-eyed Dove (about 30%) and Speckled Pigeon (about 30%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Bruce's Green-Pigeon is recorded against all the birds logged in Kidepo Valley National Park (102 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.
