Tambourine Dove
Turtur tympanistria
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassAves (Aus)
- OrderColumbiformes
- FamilyColumbidae (Pigeons and Doves)
- GenusTurtur
- SpeciesTurtur tympanistria (Tambourine Dove)
Closest Relatives at Semuliki National Park
Blue-spotted Wood-Dove
Turtur afer
Black-billed Wood-Dove
Turtur abyssinicus
African Green Pigeon
Treron calvus
Western Bronze-naped Pigeon
Columba iriditorques
Rameron Pigeon
Columba arquatrix
Red-eyed Dove
Streptopelia semitorquata
White-naped Pigeon
Columba albinucha
Afep Pigeon
Columba unicincta
African Lemon Dove
Columba larvata
LADO
Spilopelia senegalensis
Speckled Pigeon
Columba guinea
📅 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 Tambourine Dove in Semuliki National Park?
About 49% of visitor-days record a Tambourine Dove sighting in Semuliki National Park, based on 187 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.
When is the best time to see Tambourine Dove in Semuliki National Park?
August has the highest sighting rate for Tambourine Dove in Semuliki National Park in our monthly data.