Turacoena manadensis
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In 3 days ~80% in a week >90%
The white-faced cuckoo-dove (Turacoena manadensis), also known as the white-faced dove, is a species of bird in the family Columbidae. It is endemic to Sulawesi and the Togian Islands in Indonesia. The Sula cuckoo-dove was previously considered conspecific. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tangkoko Nature Reserve | 🇮🇩 Indonesia |
More parks will be added in future updates.
Likely
About 40% of wildlife watchers report a White-faced Cuckoo-Dove sighting in Tangkoko Nature Reserve on a given day, based on 401 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 19th most-seen of the 138 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 80%, and over a week to over 90%, if each day is a fresh chance.
March, May–June and December
In those months about 50% of wildlife watchers report a White-faced Cuckoo-Dove in Tangkoko Nature Reserve on a given day, against about 30% in January, the lowest month.
Between 7 and 10 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most White-faced Cuckoo-Dove sightings with a recorded time, and about 7 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is most active around dawn and dusk.
Only Tangkoko Nature Reserve, in our data
Tangkoko Nature Reserve is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate White-faced Cuckoo-Dove sightings: about 40% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same family: Columbidae
The closest relatives of the White-faced Cuckoo-Dove that you can see in Tangkoko Nature Reserve (family Columbidae, Pigeons and Doves) are Green Imperial-Pigeon (about 80%), White Imperial-Pigeon (about 70%) and Black-naped Fruit-Dove (about 50%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the White-faced Cuckoo-Dove is recorded against all the birds logged in Tangkoko Nature Reserve (401 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.
