Streptopelia decaocto
In 3 days >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...
Very likely
About 70% of wildlife watchers report a Eurasian Collared-Dove sighting in Sundarbans National Park on a given day, based on 1,895 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 5th most-seen of the 181 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to over 90%, if each day is a fresh chance.
July and August
In those months about 90% of wildlife watchers report a Eurasian Collared-Dove in Sundarbans National Park on a given day, against about 40% in October, the lowest month. Those are among Sundarbans National Park's wettest months, with about 450 mm of rain a month against 15 mm in January. May and June have too few records to rate.
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.
2nd of 44
Of the 44 parks where we can rate Eurasian Collared-Dove sightings, Sundarbans National Park ranks 2nd at about 70%. The best odds are in Teno-Rasca Marine Strip (Tenerife) (Spain, about 80%). 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 Sundarbans National Park (1,895 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.
