Leptotila verreauxi
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In 3 days ~20% in a week ~40%
The white-tipped dove (Leptotila verreauxi) is a large New World tropical dove. Its scientific name commemorates the French naturalists Jules and Edouard Verreaux. The dove is a resident breeder from southernmost Texas in the United States through Mexico and Central America south to western Peru and central Argentina. It also breeds on the offshore islands of northern South America, including Trinidad and Tobago and the Netherlands Antilles. It inhabits scrub, woodland and forest. Wikipedia →
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Asuncion | 🇵🇾 Paraguay | |
| 2 | Campo Grande | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 3 | Buenos Aires | 🇦🇷 Argentina | |
| 4 | Guatemala City | 🇬🇹 Guatemala | |
| 5 | Porto Alegre | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 6 | Guayaquil | 🇪🇨 Ecuador | |
| 7 | Curitiba | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 8 | Goiânia | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 9 | Panama City | 🇵🇦 Panama | |
| 10 | Montevideo | 🇺🇾 Uruguay |
| # | Zoo / Centre | Country | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bird Paradise | 🇸🇬 Singapore | |
| 2 | Rainforest Wild Asia | 🇸🇬 Singapore | |
| 3 | El Nispero Zoo | 🇵🇦 Panama | |
| 4 | Avifauna | 🇪🇸 Spain |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a White-tipped Dove sighting in Utría National Natural Park on a given day, based on 7 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 123rd most-seen of the 154 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.
February
In that month about 20% of wildlife watchers report a White-tipped Dove in Utría National Natural Park on a given day, against under 5% in January, March, July and September–November, the lowest months. That is one of Utría National Natural Park's driest months, with about 270 mm of rain against 710 mm in October. April, June and December have too few records to rate.
Between 1 and 4 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most White-tipped Dove sightings with a recorded time, and nearly all of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
58th of 80
Of the 80 parks where we can rate White-tipped Dove sightings, Utría National Natural Park ranks 58th at about 10%. The best odds are in El Impenetrable National Park (Argentina, about 70%), Parque Estadual Encontro das Águas (Brazil, about 70%) and Main Ridge Forest Reserve (Trinidad and Tobago, about 70%). All parks ranked.
Same family: Columbidae
The closest relatives of the White-tipped Dove that you can see in Utría National Natural Park (family Columbidae, Pigeons and Doves) are Dusky Pigeon (about 50%), Pale-vented Pigeon (about 30%) and Plumbeous Pigeon (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the White-tipped Dove is recorded against all the birds logged in Utría National Natural Park (7 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.
