Mourning Dove

Closest Relatives at Ostional Wildlife Refuge

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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	Badlands National Park	🇺🇸 United States	80–90%
2	Point Pelee National Park	🇨🇦 Canada	70–80%
3	Joshua Tree National Park	🇺🇸 United States	60–70%
4	Shenandoah National Park	🇺🇸 United States	50–60%
5	Death Valley National Park	🇺🇸 United States	50–60%
6	Great Smoky Mountains National Park	🇺🇸 United States	40–50%
7	Los Haitises National Park	🇩🇴 Dominican Republic	40–50%
8	Big Bend National Park	🇺🇸 United States	40–50%
9	Everglades National Park	🇺🇸 United States	40–50%
10	Congaree National Park	🇺🇸 United States	30–40%
11	Acadia National Park	🇺🇸 United States	30–40%
12	Ciénaga de Zapata	🇨🇺 Cuba	20–30%
13	Riding Mountain National Park	🇨🇦 Canada	20–30%
14	Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks	🇺🇸 United States	20–30%
15	Guadalupe Mountains National Park	🇺🇸 United States	20–30%
16	Channel Islands National Park	🇺🇸 United States	20–30%
17	Irazú Volcano National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	20–30%
18	Zion National Park	🇺🇸 United States	10–20%
19	Jaragua National Park	🇩🇴 Dominican Republic	10–20%
20	El Vizcaíno Biosphere Reserve	🇲🇽 Mexico	10–20%
21	Grand Canyon National Park	🇺🇸 United States	10–20%
22	Cumbres de Monterrey National Park	🇲🇽 Mexico	10–20%
23	Glacier National Park	🇺🇸 United States	10–20%
24	Gros Morne National Park	🇨🇦 Canada	0–10%
25	Yosemite National Park	🇺🇸 United States	0–10%
26	Rocky Mountain National Park	🇺🇸 United States	0–10%
27	Cape Breton Highlands National Park	🇨🇦 Canada	0–10%
28	Bahía de Loreto National Park	🇲🇽 Mexico	0–10%
29	Redwood National Park	🇺🇸 United States	0–10%
30	Grand Teton National Park	🇺🇸 United States	0–10%
31	Olympic National Park	🇺🇸 United States	0–10%
32	Volcán Barú National Park	🇵🇦 Panama	<5%
33	Isle Royale National Park	🇺🇸 United States	<5%
34	Manuel Antonio National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	<5%
35	Palo Verde National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	<5%
36	Masaya Volcano National Park	🇳🇮 Nicaragua	<5%
37	Yellowstone National Park	🇺🇸 United States	<5%
38	Blue and John Crow Mountains National Park	🇯🇲 Jamaica	<5%
39	Santa Rosa National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	<5%
40	Elk Island National Park	🇨🇦 Canada	<5%
41	Ostional Wildlife Refuge	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	<5%
42	Las Baulas Marine National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	<5%
43	Banff National Park	🇨🇦 Canada	<5%
44	Montes Azules Biosphere Reserve	🇲🇽 Mexico	<5%
45	La Amistad International Park (Panama)	🇵🇦 Panama	<5%
46	Celestún Biosphere Reserve	🇲🇽 Mexico	<5%
47	Great Bear Rainforest	🇨🇦 Canada	<5%
48	Cañón del Sumidero National Park	🇲🇽 Mexico	<5%
49	Marino Ballena National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	<5%
50	Pacific Rim National Park Reserve	🇨🇦 Canada	<5%
51	Ría Lagartos Biosphere Reserve	🇲🇽 Mexico	Insufficient data
52	Chagres National Park	🇵🇦 Panama	Insufficient data
53	Voyageurs National Park	🇺🇸 United States	Insufficient data
54	Cabo Blanco Absolute Nature Reserve	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	Insufficient data
55	Rincón de la Vieja National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	Insufficient data
56	Jasper National Park	🇨🇦 Canada	Insufficient data
57	Bastimentos Island National Marine Park	🇵🇦 Panama	Insufficient data
58	Braulio Carrillo National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	Insufficient data
59	Tenorio Volcano National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	Insufficient data
60	Carara National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	Insufficient data
61	Tapantí-Macizo de la Muerte National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	Insufficient data
62	Los Quetzales National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	Insufficient data
63	Arenal Volcano National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	Insufficient data

Quick answers

What are the chances of seeing a Mourning Dove in Ostional Wildlife Refuge?

About 2% of visitor-days record a Mourning Dove sighting in Ostional Wildlife Refuge, based on 13 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.

When is the best time to see Mourning Dove in Ostional Wildlife Refuge?

May has the highest sighting rate for Mourning Dove in Ostional Wildlife Refuge in our monthly data.