Caloenas nicobarica
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The Nicobar pigeon or Nicobar dove (Caloenas nicobarica, Car: ma-kūö-kö) is a bird found on small islands and in coastal regions from the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India, east through the Indonesian Archipelago, to the Solomons and Palau. It is the only living member of the genus Caloenas alongside the extinct spotted green pigeon and Kanaka pigeon, and is the closest living relative of the extinct dodo and Rodrigues solitaire.
In 1738, the English naturalist Eleazar Albin included a description and two illustrations of the Nicobar pigeon in his A Natural History of Birds. When in 1758 the Swedish naturalist Carl Linnaeus updated his Systema Naturae for the tenth edition, he placed the Nicobar pigeon with all the other pigeons in the genus Columba. Linnaeus included a brief description, coined the binomial name Columba nicobarica and cited Albin's work. The species is now placed in the genus Caloenas erected by English zoologist George Robert Gray in 1840 with the Nicobar pigeon as the type species.
Two subspecies are recognised: C. n.... Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Raja Ampat | 🇮🇩 Indonesia |
More parks will be added in future updates.
| # | Zoo / Centre | Country | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Disney's Animal Kingdom | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 2 | Zhuhai Chimelong Ocean Kingdom | 🇨🇳 China | |
| 3 | Chimelong Spaceship | 🇨🇳 China | |
| 4 | Busch Gardens Tampa | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 5 | San Diego Zoo | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 6 | Pairi Daiza | 🇧🇪 Belgium | |
| 7 | Shedd Aquarium | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 8 | ZooParc de Beauval | 🇫🇷 France | |
| 9 | Denver Zoo | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 10 | The Blue Planet | 🇩🇰 Denmark | |
| 11 | Lisbon Oceanarium | 🇵🇹 Portugal | |
| 12 | Planckendael Zoo | 🇧🇪 Belgium | |
| 13 | Parque das Aves | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 14 | Le Pal | 🇫🇷 France | |
| 15 | North Carolina Zoo | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 16 | Tulsa Zoo | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 17 | Zoo Pilsen | 🇨🇿 Czechia | |
| 18 | Parc des oiseaux | 🇫🇷 France | |
| 19 | Zoobotánico Jerez | 🇪🇸 Spain | |
| 20 | Zoo Miami | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 21 | San Diego Zoo Safari Park | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 22 | Al Qudra Lakes | 🇦🇪 United Arab Emirates | |
| 23 | Al Ain Zoo | 🇦🇪 United Arab Emirates | |
| 24 | Toronto Zoo | 🇨🇦 Canada | |
| 25 | Minnesota Zoo | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 26 | Taipei Zoo | 🇹🇼 Taiwan | |
| 27 | Safari West | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 28 | Columbus Zoo and Aquarium | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 29 | Bronx Zoo | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 30 | Khao Kheow Open Zoo | 🇹🇭 Thailand | |
| 31 | Kadoorie Farm and Botanic Garden | 🇭🇰 Hong Kong SAR China | |
| 32 | Baton Rouge Zoo | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 33 | Sedgwick County Zoo | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 34 | Omaha’s Henry Doorly Zoo and Aquarium | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 35 | Milwaukee County Zoo | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 36 | Cotswold Wildlife Park | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom | |
| 37 | Phoenix Zoo | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 38 | Toledo Zoo | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 39 | Detroit Zoo | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 40 | Cape May County Park & Zoo | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 41 | Marwell Zoo | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom | |
| 42 | Central Florida Zoo and Botanical Gardens | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 43 | Louisville Zoo | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 44 | Audubon Zoo | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 45 | Fonghuanggu Bird and Ecology Park | 🇹🇼 Taiwan | |
| 46 | Healesville Sanctuary | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 47 | Burgers' Ocean | 🇳🇱 Netherlands | |
| 48 | Six Flags Discovery Kingdom | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 49 | Woodland Park Zoo | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 50 | Temaikén | 🇦🇷 Argentina |
Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Nicobar Pigeon sighting in Raja Ampat on a given day, based on 32 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 136th most-seen of the 200 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 10%, and over a week to about 20%, if each day is a fresh chance.
October and November
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Nicobar Pigeon in Raja Ampat on a given day, against under 5% in December to September, the lowest months.
Between noon and 3 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Nicobar Pigeon sightings with a recorded time, and about 8 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Only Raja Ampat, in our data
Raja Ampat is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Nicobar Pigeon sightings: under 5% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same family: Columbidae
The closest relatives of the Nicobar Pigeon that you can see in Raja Ampat (family Columbidae, Pigeons and Doves) are Pinon Imperial-Pigeon (about 60%), Spice Imperial-Pigeon (about 40%) and Claret-breasted Fruit-Dove (about 40%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Nicobar Pigeon is recorded against all the birds logged in Raja Ampat (32 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.
