Ducula pinon
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In 3 days ~90% in a week >90%
Pinon's imperial pigeon or Pinon imperial pigeon (Ducula pinon) is a species of bird in the family Columbidae. It is found in New Guinea. The species is named after Rose de Freycinet née Pinon. Several subspecies have been designated:
Ducula pinon pinon (Quoy and Gaimard) - Western Papuan Islands; Aru Islands; southern New Guinea from the Mimika River to Hall Sound. Ducula pinon rubiensis (A. B. Meyer) - Geelvink Bay, New Guinea to Eatna Bay Ducula pinon jobiensis (Schlegel) - Jobi Island, northern coast of New Guinea; Dampier and Vulcan Islands.
Ducula pinon salvadorii (Tristram) - D'Entrecasteaux Archipelago: Fergusson and Goodenough Islands; Louisiade Archipelago : St. Aignan, Rossel and Sudest Islands. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Raja Ampat | 🇮🇩 Indonesia |
More parks will be added in future updates.
| # | Zoo / Centre | Country | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Burgers' Ocean | 🇳🇱 Netherlands | |
| 2 | Royal Burgers' Zoo | 🇳🇱 Netherlands | |
| 3 | Night Safari | 🇸🇬 Singapore | |
| 4 | Singapore Zoo | 🇸🇬 Singapore | |
| 5 | Bird Paradise | 🇸🇬 Singapore | |
| 6 | Rainforest Wild Asia | 🇸🇬 Singapore | |
| 7 | River Wonders | 🇸🇬 Singapore | |
| 8 | Hong Kong Zoological and Botanical Gardens | 🇨🇳 China | |
| 9 | Edward Youde Aviary | 🇭🇰 Hong Kong SAR China |
Likely
About 60% of wildlife watchers report a Pinon Imperial-Pigeon sighting in Raja Ampat on a given day, based on 807 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 6th most-seen of the 200 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 90%, and over a week to over 90%, if each day is a fresh chance.
May and July–August
In those months about 70% of wildlife watchers report a Pinon Imperial-Pigeon in Raja Ampat on a given day, against about 40% in January and March, the lowest months.
Between 6 and 9 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Pinon Imperial-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 Pinon Imperial-Pigeon sightings: about 60% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same genus: Ducula
The closest relatives of the Pinon Imperial-Pigeon that you can see in Raja Ampat (genus Ducula, Imperial Pigeons) are Spice Imperial-Pigeon (about 40%), Pied Imperial Pigeon (about 30%) and Purple-tailed Imperial-Pigeon (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Pinon Imperial-Pigeon is recorded against all the birds logged in Raja Ampat (807 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.
