Bruce's Green-Pigeon
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Bruce's Green-Pigeon

Treron waalia

Least ConcernNear ThreatenedVulnerableEndangeredCritically Endangered
5–10% · With luck
overall probability at Niokolo-Koba National Park
26 Verified records at Niokolo-Koba National Park
February Best month highest sighting rate
🌅 Crepuscular When it's active at dawn and dusk

Bruce's green pigeon (Treron waalia), also known as the yellow-bellied fruit pigeon or the yellow-bellied green pigeon, is a species of bird in the family Columbidae. Its range extends across the Sudan (region) towards the Red Sea and the Southwestern Arabian foothills savanna and Dhofar Mountains. It is a frugivore bird species that specialises on eating the fruits of a single species of fig tree, Ficus platyphylla. Unlike most birds, it does not have a uropygial gland. Wikipedia →

5–10% of wildlife watchers report a Bruce's Green-Pigeon sighting in Niokolo-Koba National Park, based on 26 days of visitor records from GBIF citizen-science data.

Closest Relatives at Niokolo-Koba National Park

African Green Pigeon
LC

African Green Pigeon

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Treron calvus

Insufficient data
Black-billed Wood-Dove
LC

Black-billed Wood-Dove

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Turtur abyssinicus

70–80% · Very likely
Vinaceous Dove
LC

Vinaceous Dove

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Streptopelia vinacea

70–80% · Very likely
LADO

LADO

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Spilopelia senegalensis

60–70% · Likely
Speckled Pigeon
LC

Speckled Pigeon

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Columba guinea

50–60% · Likely
African Mourning Dove
LC

African Mourning Dove

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Streptopelia decipiens

50–60% · Likely
Red-eyed Dove
LC

Red-eyed Dove

☀️🌙 Day & Night Bird

Streptopelia semitorquata

40–50% · Likely
Adamawa Turtle Dove
LC

Adamawa Turtle Dove

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Streptopelia hypopyrrha

30–40% · Possible
European Turtle Dove
VU

European Turtle Dove

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Streptopelia turtur

10–20% · With luck
Namaqua Dove
LC

Namaqua Dove

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Oena capensis

10–20% · With luck
African Collared Dove
LC

African Collared Dove

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Streptopelia roseogrisea

<5% · Rare
Blue-spotted Wood-Dove
LC

Blue-spotted Wood-Dove

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Turtur afer

Insufficient data

📅 Monthly Probability

<5
Jan
10–20
Feb
5–10
Mar
<5
Apr
10–20
May
5–10
Jun
5–10
Jul
10–20
Aug
5–10
Sep
5–10
Oct
5–10
Nov
<5
Dec

🌅 When They're Spotted

Most active at dawn and dusk · across all parks (global)

🌅Crepuscular
☀️🌙🌙12am6am12pm6pm12am

Global Distribution

Where this species is recorded worldwide. Restricted to human observations from 2019 onwards — the same kind of record and the same period the probabilities on this page are built from, so collar-tracking studies, camera-trap arrays and museum specimens are excluded. Around Santa Rosa that removes 5,924 GPS fixes from a handful of tagged jaguars.

where this species is recorded (GBIF density — it tracks where observers go, not how likely a sighting is)  ·  parks where it occurs — tap a pin for the sighting probability there

Parks Where Found

# Park Country Probability
1 Kidepo Valley National Park 🇺🇬 Uganda
30–40%
2 Niokolo-Koba National Park 🇸🇳 Senegal
5–10%
3 Awash National Park 🇪🇹 Ethiopia
<5%
4 Murchison Falls National Park 🇺🇬 Uganda
<5%

Quick answers

What are the chances of seeing a Bruce's Green-Pigeon in Niokolo-Koba National Park?

About 8% of wildlife watchers report a Bruce's Green-Pigeon sighting in Niokolo-Koba National Park, based on 26 days of visitor records from GBIF citizen-science data.

When is the best time to see Bruce's Green-Pigeon in Niokolo-Koba National Park?

February has the highest sighting rate for Bruce's Green-Pigeon in Niokolo-Koba National Park in our monthly data.

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