Columbina cruziana
Silhouette: Sheatherius · PhyloPic
In 3 days ~70% in a week ~90%
The croaking ground dove (Columbina cruziana) is a species of bird in the family Columbidae. It is found in Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru. The croaking ground dove and Picui ground dove (Columbina picui) are sometimes considered sister species. The croaking ground dove is monotypic.
The croaking ground dove is 15 cm (5.9 in) long. Males weigh about 52 g (1.8 oz) and females 46 g (1.6 oz). The adult male's head is bluish gray, and its upperparts brownish gray. The central tail feathers are darker gray, and the outer ones black with white tips. The closed wing shows a dark bar and lines of dark spots. The breast and underparts are mauve pink. The eye is red with a white outer ring and is surrounded by bare yellow skin. Its fairly long bill is bright yellow near its base. The adult female's head is brown and the wing markings are less intense than the male's. Juveniles are similar to the female but their feathers have buffy tips.
The croaking ground dove is found near the Pacific coast from Nariño Department in extreme southwestern Colombia through Ecuador and Peru to Chile's Tarapacá Region. Its range... Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Machalilla National Park | 🇪🇨 Ecuador |
More parks will be added in future updates.
| # | Zoo / Centre | Country | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Parc des oiseaux | 🇫🇷 France | |
| 2 | Nuremberg Zoo | 🇩🇪 Germany | |
| 3 | Tiergarten Am Tiergarten 28 in Nürnberg | 🇩🇪 Germany | |
| 4 | Budapest Zoo & Botanical Garden | 🇭🇺 Hungary | |
| 5 | Tiergarten Am Tiergarten 12 in Nürnberg | 🇩🇪 Germany | |
| 6 | Tiergarten Am Tiergarten 14 in Nürnberg | 🇩🇪 Germany | |
| 7 | Tiergarten Am Tiergarten 6 in Nürnberg | 🇩🇪 Germany | |
| 8 | Exotic Animal World | 🇿🇦 South Africa |
Possible
About 30% of wildlife watchers report a Croaking Ground-Dove sighting in Machalilla National Park on a given day, based on 256 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 20th most-seen of the 248 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.
May and September
In those months about 50% of wildlife watchers report a Croaking Ground-Dove in Machalilla National Park on a given day, against about 10% in November, the lowest month. Those are among Machalilla National Park's driest months, with about 20 mm of rain a month against 140 mm in February.
Between 2 and 5 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Croaking 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 Machalilla National Park, in our data
Machalilla National Park is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Croaking Ground-Dove sightings: about 30% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Croaking Ground-Dove is recorded against all the birds logged in Machalilla National Park (256 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.
