Leptotila verreauxi
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In 3 days ~40% in a week ~70%
The white-tipped dove (Leptotila verreauxi) is a large New World tropical dove. Its scientific name commemorates the French naturalists Jules and Edouard Verreaux. The dove is a resident breeder from southernmost Texas in the United States through Mexico and Central America south to western Peru and central Argentina. It also breeds on the offshore islands of northern South America, including Trinidad and Tobago and the Netherlands Antilles. It inhabits scrub, woodland and forest. Wikipedia →
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Asuncion | 🇵🇾 Paraguay | |
| 2 | Campo Grande | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 3 | Buenos Aires | 🇦🇷 Argentina | |
| 4 | Guatemala City | 🇬🇹 Guatemala | |
| 5 | Porto Alegre | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 6 | Guayaquil | 🇪🇨 Ecuador | |
| 7 | Curitiba | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 8 | Goiânia | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 9 | Panama City | 🇵🇦 Panama | |
| 10 | Montevideo | 🇺🇾 Uruguay |
| # | Zoo / Centre | Country | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bird Paradise | 🇸🇬 Singapore | |
| 2 | Rainforest Wild Asia | 🇸🇬 Singapore | |
| 3 | El Nispero Zoo | 🇵🇦 Panama | |
| 4 | Avifauna | 🇪🇸 Spain |
Possible
About 20% of wildlife watchers report a White-tipped Dove sighting in Masaya Volcano National Park on a given day, based on 393 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 36th most-seen of the 134 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 40%, and over a week to about 70%, if each day is a fresh chance.
April
In that month about 40% of wildlife watchers report a White-tipped Dove in Masaya Volcano National Park on a given day, against under 5% in October, the lowest month. That is one of Masaya Volcano National Park's driest months, with about 35 mm of rain against 390 mm in October.
Between 1 and 4 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most White-tipped Dove sightings with a recorded time, and nearly all of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
43rd of 80
Of the 80 parks where we can rate White-tipped Dove sightings, Masaya Volcano National Park ranks 43rd at about 20%. The best odds are in El Impenetrable National Park (Argentina, about 70%), Parque Estadual Encontro das Águas (Brazil, about 70%) and Main Ridge Forest Reserve (Trinidad and Tobago, about 70%). All parks ranked.
Same family: Columbidae
The closest relatives of the White-tipped Dove that you can see in Masaya Volcano National Park (family Columbidae, Pigeons and Doves) are White-winged Dove (about 90%), Ruddy Ground-Dove (about 70%) and Red-billed Pigeon (about 60%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the White-tipped Dove is recorded against all the birds logged in Masaya Volcano National Park (393 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.
