Geotrygon montana
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In 3 days ~20% in a week ~40%
The ruddy quail-dove (Geotrygon montana) is a species of bird in the dove and pigeon family Columbidae. It breeds throughout the West Indies, Central America, and tropical South America. It has appeared as a vagrant in Florida and southern Texas. It lays two buff-colored eggs on a flimsy platform built on a shrub. Some nests are built on the ground.
The ruddy quail-dove is approximately 19–28 cm in length. The bird is distinguished by having a rust-colored back, facial mask and similarly colored wings. The breast, rump and undereye stripe are lighter brown. This bird is found in woodland and scrub forest. It also has adapted to coffee plantations. It is somewhat sensitive to forest fragmentation. These birds forage on the ground, mainly eating seeds. It will also take small invertebrates in its diet.
In the first half of the 18th century the ruddy quail-dove was described and illustrated by several naturalists including John Ray in 1713, Hans Sloane in 1725 and George Edwards in 1743. When in 1758 the Swedish naturalist Carl Linnaeus updated his Systema Naturae for the tenth edition, he placed the ruddy quail-dove with all the... Wikipedia →
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Manaus | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 2 | Santo Domingo | 🇩🇴 Dominican Republic | |
| 3 | São Paulo | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 4 | Santos | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 5 | Cali | 🇨🇴 Colombia | |
| 6 | Havana | 🇨🇺 Cuba | |
| 7 | Panama City | 🇵🇦 Panama |
| # | Zoo / Centre | Country | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | National Zoological Park | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 2 | Walsrode World Bird Park | 🇩🇪 Germany | |
| 3 | Bird Paradise | 🇸🇬 Singapore | |
| 4 | Rainforest Wild Asia | 🇸🇬 Singapore | |
| 5 | Aviario Nacional de Colombia | 🇨🇴 Colombia | |
| 6 | Ralph Perkins II Wildlife Center and Woods Garden | 🇺🇸 United States |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Ruddy Quail-Dove sighting in Tikal National Park on a given day, based on 129 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 152nd most-seen of the 300 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 20%, and over a week to about 40%, if each day is a fresh chance.
June
In that month about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Ruddy Quail-Dove in Tikal National Park on a given day, against under 5% in January–February, July, September and November, the lowest months. That is one of Tikal National Park's wettest months, with about 190 mm of rain against 30 mm in February.
Between 6 and 9 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Ruddy Quail-Dove sightings with a recorded time, and about 8 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
10th of 46
Of the 46 parks where we can rate Ruddy Quail-Dove sightings, Tikal National Park ranks 10th at about 10%. The best odds are in Blue and John Crow Mountains National Park (Jamaica, about 30%), Los Haitises National Park (Dominican Republic, about 20%) and Brownsberg Nature Park (Suriname, about 20%).
Same family: Columbidae
The closest relatives of the Ruddy Quail-Dove that you can see in Tikal National Park (family Columbidae, Pigeons and Doves) are Short-billed Pigeon (about 30%), Gray-headed Dove (about 10%) and Scaled Pigeon (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Ruddy Quail-Dove is recorded against all the birds logged in Tikal National Park (129 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.
