Streptopelia decaocto
In 3 days ~70% in a week >90%
The Eurasian collared dove (Streptopelia decaocto), often called the collared dove, is a dove species from the genus Streptopelia. It is grey-buff to pinkish-grey, and has a black half-collar edged with white on its nape, alluding to the name. It is native to Europe, Asia, and North Africa. It has also been introduced to Japan, North and Central America, and select Caribbean islands.
The Hungarian naturalist Imre Frivaldszky first described the Eurasian collared dove with the scientific name Columba risoria varietas C. decaocto in 1838, considering it a wild variety of the domesticated barbary dove. The type locality is Plovdiv in Bulgaria. It is now placed in the genus Streptopelia that was described in 1855 by the French ornithologist Charles Lucien Bonaparte.
The Burmese collared dove (S. xanthocycla) was formerly considered a subspecies of the Eurasian collared dove, but was split as a distinct species by the IOC in 2021. The Eurasian collared dove is...
Likely
About 40% of wildlife watchers report a Eurasian Collared-Dove sighting in Sierra Nevada National Park on a given day, based on 368 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 17th most-seen of the 156 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 70%, and over a week to over 90%, if each day is a fresh chance.
March
In that month about 60% of wildlife watchers report a Eurasian Collared-Dove in Sierra Nevada National Park on a given day, against about 30% in April–August and October–December, the lowest months. That is one of Sierra Nevada National Park's wettest months, with about 130 mm of rain against 30 mm in July.
Between 3 and 6 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Eurasian Collared-Dove sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
9th of 44
Of the 44 parks where we can rate Eurasian Collared-Dove sightings, Sierra Nevada National Park ranks 9th at about 40%. The best odds are in Teno-Rasca Marine Strip (Tenerife) (Spain, about 80%), Sundarbans National Park (India, about 70%) and Hortobágy National Park (Hungary, about 60%). All parks ranked.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Eurasian Collared-Dove is recorded against all the birds logged in Sierra Nevada National Park (368 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.
