Columbina buckleyi
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In 3 days ~50% in a week ~80%
The Ecuadorian ground dove (Columbina buckleyi) is a species of bird in the family Columbidae. It is found in Ecuador and Peru. The Ecuadorian ground dove and three other species were for a time placed in genus Columbigallina, which was later merged into Columbina. It was also formerly treated as a subspecies of ruddy ground dove (C. talpacoti) and forms a superspecies with it now.
The Ecuadorian ground dove is 18 cm (7.1 in) long and weighs about 57 g (2.0 oz). The male's forehead and face are grayish pink that darkens to a deep mauve pink on the breast and underparts. Its crown and nape are bluish gray and the upperparts brownish gray. The closed wing shows lines of black spots. The central tail feathers are gray and the rest black; the outermost have white tips. The female is browner than the male with less of a pink wash.
The nominate subspecies of Ecuadorian ground dove is found from Esmeraldas Province in north-western Ecuador south to Peru's far northern Department of Tumbes. C. b. dorsti is found separately... Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Machalilla National Park | 🇪🇨 Ecuador |
More parks will be added in future updates.
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Guayaquil | 🇪🇨 Ecuador |
Possible
About 20% of wildlife watchers report an Ecuadorian Ground-Dove sighting in Machalilla National Park on a given day, based on 150 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 54th most-seen of the 248 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 50%, and over a week to about 80%, if each day is a fresh chance.
April
In that month about 50% of wildlife watchers report an Ecuadorian Ground-Dove in Machalilla National Park on a given day, against about 10% in August to February, the lowest months. That is one of Machalilla National Park's wettest months, with about 60 mm of rain against 5 mm in September.
Between 9 am and noon
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Ecuadorian Ground-Dove sightings with a recorded time, and nearly all 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 Ecuadorian Ground-Dove sightings: about 20% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Ecuadorian Ground-Dove is recorded against all the birds logged in Machalilla National Park (150 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.
