Metriopelia ceciliae
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In 3 days ~80% in a week >90%
The bare-faced ground dove (Metriopelia ceciliae) is a species of bird in the family Columbidae. It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, and Peru. The bare-faced ground dove and its sister species Moreno's ground dove (Metriopelia morenoi) were previously placed in genus Gymnopelia. However, the Cornell Lab of Ornithology's Birds of the World considers M. c. obsoleta to be "doubtfully valid".
The bare-faced ground dove is 16 to 17 cm (6.3 to 6.7 in) long and weighs about 66 g (2.3 oz). The nominate subspecies is brown or grayish brown above, with white or buffy tips on feathers giving a spotted appearance. Its neck and breast are gray with a reddish or pinkish tinge and its belly is buffy. The outer tail feathers are black with white tips. The eye is blue or bluish white surrounded by bare yellow to orange skin that is itself surrounded by narrow black feathers. Male and female plumages are essentially alike though the female's breast is less pink. Juveniles are similar to the adults. M. c. obsoleta is paler and grayer than... Wikipedia →
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| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lauca National Park | 🇨🇱 Chile |
More parks will be added in future updates.
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Arequipa | 🇵🇪 Peru | |
| 2 | La Paz | 🇧🇴 Bolivia | |
| 3 | Cochabamba | 🇧🇴 Bolivia | |
| 4 | Lima | 🇵🇪 Peru |
| # | Zoo / Centre | Country | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bioparque Municipal Vesty Pakos | 🇧🇴 Bolivia | |
| 2 | Zoológico de Oruro | 🇧🇴 Bolivia |
Likely
About 40% of wildlife watchers report a Bare-faced Ground-Dove sighting in Lauca National Park on a given day, based on 429 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 26th most-seen of the 112 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 80%, and over a week to over 90%, if each day is a fresh chance.
May and July–September
In those months about 60% of wildlife watchers report a Bare-faced Ground-Dove in Lauca National Park on a given day, against about 30% in February–March and December, the lowest months. Those are among Lauca National Park's driest months, with about 5 mm of rain a month against 150 mm in January.
Between 10 am and 1 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Bare-faced Ground-Dove 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 Lauca National Park, in our data
Lauca National Park is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Bare-faced Ground-Dove sightings: about 40% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same genus: Metriopelia
The closest relatives of the Bare-faced Ground-Dove that you can see in Lauca National Park (genus Metriopelia, Andean Ground Doves) are Black-winged Ground-Dove (about 30%) and Golden-spotted Ground-Dove (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Bare-faced Ground-Dove is recorded against all the birds logged in Lauca National Park (429 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.
