Ducula luctuosa
Silhouette: Sheatherius · PhyloPic
In 3 days >90%
The silver-tipped imperial pigeon (Ducula luctuosa), also known as the white imperial pigeon or white-tipped imperial pigeon, is a relatively large species of bird in the family Columbidae. It is endemic to forest, woodland and mangrove on Sulawesi and smaller nearby islands.
It has sometimes been considered a subspecies of the pied imperial pigeon, but has a yellowish tip to the bill, black spotting near the vent, and silvery-grey remiges. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tangkoko Nature Reserve | 🇮🇩 Indonesia |
More parks will be added in future updates.
| # | Zoo / Centre | Country | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Zoo Pilsen | 🇨🇿 Czechia | |
| 2 | Fonghuanggu Bird and Ecology Park | 🇹🇼 Taiwan | |
| 3 | Moody Gardens | 🇺🇸 United States |
Very likely
About 70% of wildlife watchers report a White Imperial-Pigeon sighting in Tangkoko Nature Reserve on a given day, based on 738 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 2nd most-seen of the 138 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to over 90%, if each day is a fresh chance.
June and July
In those months about 80% of wildlife watchers report a White Imperial-Pigeon in Tangkoko Nature Reserve on a given day, against about 50% in October, the lowest month.
Between 3 and 6 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most White 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 Tangkoko Nature Reserve, in our data
Tangkoko Nature Reserve is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate White Imperial-Pigeon sightings: about 70% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same genus: Ducula
The closest relatives of the White Imperial-Pigeon that you can see in Tangkoko Nature Reserve (genus Ducula, Imperial Pigeons) are Green Imperial-Pigeon (about 80%), White-bellied Imperial-Pigeon (about 30%) and Pied Imperial Pigeon (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the White Imperial-Pigeon is recorded against all the birds logged in Tangkoko Nature Reserve (738 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.
