Speckled Pigeon
Columba guinea
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassAves (Aus)
- OrderColumbiformes
- FamilyColumbidae (Pigeons and Doves)
- GenusColumba (Typical Old World Pigeons)
- SpeciesColumba guinea (Speckled Pigeon)
Closest Relatives at Ngorongoro Conservation Area
Rameron Pigeon
Columba arquatrix
African Lemon Dove
Columba larvata
Delegorgue's Pigeon
Columba delegorguei
Cape Turtle Dove
Streptopelia capicola
LADO
Spilopelia senegalensis
Red-eyed Dove
Streptopelia semitorquata
African Mourning Dove
Streptopelia decipiens
Emerald-spotted Wood-Dove
Turtur chalcospilos
Dusky Turtle Dove
Streptopelia lugens
Namaqua Dove
Oena capensis
Tambourine Dove
Turtur tympanistria
African Green Pigeon
Treron calvus
📅 Monthly Probability
☀️ When They're Spotted
Most active during daytime hours (6am–6pm) · across all parks (global)
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
Quick answers
What are the chances of seeing a Speckled Pigeon in Ngorongoro Conservation Area?
About 24% of visitor-days record a Speckled Pigeon sighting in Ngorongoro Conservation Area, based on 616 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.
When is the best time to see Speckled Pigeon in Ngorongoro Conservation Area?
April has the highest sighting rate for Speckled Pigeon in Ngorongoro Conservation Area in our monthly data.