Ducula rufigaster
Silhouette: Sheatherius · PhyloPic
In 3 days ~30% in a week ~50%
The purple-tailed imperial pigeon (Ducula rufigaster) is a species of bird in the family Columbidae. It is found in New Guinea. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests. It is sometimes affected by Gunabopicobia parasites. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Raja Ampat | 🇮🇩 Indonesia |
More parks will be added in future updates.
| # | Zoo / Centre | Country | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | San Diego Zoo | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 2 | San Diego Zoo Safari Park | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 3 | Bird Paradise | 🇸🇬 Singapore | |
| 4 | Rainforest Wild Asia | 🇸🇬 Singapore | |
| 5 | Hong Kong Zoological and Botanical Gardens | 🇨🇳 China | |
| 6 | Edward Youde Aviary | 🇭🇰 Hong Kong SAR China |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Purple-tailed Imperial-Pigeon sighting in Raja Ampat on a given day, based on 110 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 93rd most-seen of the 200 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 30%, and over a week to about 50%, if each day is a fresh chance.
November
In that month about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Purple-tailed Imperial-Pigeon in Raja Ampat on a given day, against under 5% in April–May, September and December, the lowest months.
Between 7 and 10 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Purple-tailed 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 Purple-tailed Imperial-Pigeon sightings: about 10% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same genus: Ducula
The closest relatives of the Purple-tailed Imperial-Pigeon that you can see in Raja Ampat (genus Ducula, Imperial Pigeons) are Pinon Imperial-Pigeon (about 60%), Spice Imperial-Pigeon (about 40%) and Pied Imperial Pigeon (about 30%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Purple-tailed Imperial-Pigeon is recorded against all the birds logged in Raja Ampat (110 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.
