Picazuro Pigeon

About this species

This species has 575,371 occurrence records from 11 countries and territories (GBIF, 21 October 2026). Most records come from Brazil (51.9%), Argentina (38.5%), Uruguay (6.9%) and Paraguay (1.9%); together they account for 99.1% of the total. In Brazil, this species accounts for 1.3% of all bird records in GBIF.

The scientific name Patagioenas picazuro combines the genus name Patagioenas with the species epithet picazuro. The Warbla app catalog lists 17 species of the genus Patagioenas; apart from this one, those with the most GBIF records are Patagioenas fasciata, Patagioenas cayennensis and Patagioenas flavirostris.

The catalog has GBIF record counts for 314 species of the family Columbidae. This species ranks 20th among them; the family’s most-recorded species is Zenaida macroura. Its record count is 1.9 times the family average (296,782). The family Columbidae belongs to the order Columbiformes, which has 314 species in the Warbla app catalog.

More birds in the family Columbidae

• Pale-vented Pigeon
• Red-billed Pigeon
• Mourning Dove
• Rock Dove
• Eurasian Collared Dove
• Common Wood Pigeon
• White-winged Dove
• Spilopelia chinensis
• Stock Dove
• Laughing Dove
• Crested Pigeon

Credits & data sources

• Wikidata
• GBIF.org