A photo of a Peaceful Dove (Geopelia placida)
Peaceful Dove

Peaceful Dove

Geopelia placida

The peaceful dove (Geopelia placida) is a pigeon native to Australia and New Guinea. The peaceful dove is closely related to the zebra dove of south-east Asia and the barred dove of eastern Indonesia. Until recently, the three were classed as a single species, Geopelia striata, known as peaceful dove or zebra dove. The bird is a relatively small pigeon and varies in length from 19 to 21 cm. The peaceful dove has a pink-grey breast with chequered grey-brown wings. Thin striations of black appear around the neck and nape area and descend down the back. The eye is greyish-white and a blue-grey ring surrounds the eye that tapers off and joins the beak/cere. The juveniles are paler and less striated. They also have a duller eye ring. The nape is similar to that of the bar-shouldered dove in that the nape feathers are striated but differs in that the bar-shouldered dove does not have striated throat feathers like the peaceful dove. Furthermore, the nape feathers are grey-brown in colour compared to the vivid copper colour seen with bar-shouldered doves. Calls of the peaceful dove are high-pitched "doodle-doo", "co-co-coo" and "croorrr!".
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Matt Last
Monday 13 Feb 2023 - 10:12am
Thailand
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Leah Walsh
Saturday 04 Feb 2023 - 11:26pm
Australia
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Matt Last
Wednesday 01 Feb 2023 - 4:10am
Thailand
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Australia
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