Leptotila ochraceiventris
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In 3 days ~20% in a week ~30%
The ochre-bellied dove or buff-bellied dove (Leptotila ochraceiventris) is a species of bird in the family Columbidae. It is found in Ecuador and Peru. The ochre-bellied dove is monotypic. It is closely related to the grey-chested dove (Leptotila cassinii) and Tolima dove (Leptotila conoveri), and might form a superspecies with them.
The ochre-bellied dove is 23 to 25 cm (9.1 to 9.8 in) long and weighs about 146 g (5.1 oz). It has a whitish pink forehead, a rusty purple crown, and an iridescent purple hindneck. The rest of the upperparts are dark olive-brown with bronzy green or purple iridescence on the mantle. Its inner tail feathers are dark brown and the outer ones black with white tips. Its throat is white, its breast reddish, and its lower breast, flanks, and belly are buff. It has a yellow eye.
The ochre-bellied dove is found in the lowlands of western Ecuador and separately in the lowlands and Andes of southwestern Ecuador into northwestern Peru. It is a year round resident in some parts of its range but apparently makes seasonal movements in other parts. It inhabits a variety of landscapes including... Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Machalilla National Park | 🇪🇨 Ecuador |
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With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report an Ochre-bellied Dove sighting in Machalilla National Park on a given day, based on 51 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 125th most-seen of the 248 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 20%, and over a week to about 30%, if each day is a fresh chance.
May
In that month about 30% of wildlife watchers report an Ochre-bellied Dove in Machalilla National Park on a given day, against under 5% in January–February and July–September, the lowest months.
Between 8 and 11 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Ochre-bellied 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 Ochre-bellied Dove sightings: about 10% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same genus: Leptotila
The closest relatives of the Ochre-bellied Dove that you can see in Machalilla National Park (genus Leptotila, Leptotila Doves) are White-tipped Dove (about 30%) and Pallid Dove (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Ochre-bellied Dove is recorded against all the birds logged in Machalilla National Park (51 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.
