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Bar-shouldered dove

Geopelia humeralis (Temminck, 1821)

LCLeast Concernbirds

The bar-shouldered dove (Geopelia humeralis) is a species in the family Columbidae, order Columbiformes. Recorded adults weigh 124 g to 133.1 g. Source checklists list it for 1 country: Australia. Its IUCN Red List status is Least Concern.

Bar-shouldered dove (Geopelia humeralis)
Photo: Duncan McCaskill · CC BY 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Quick facts about the bar-shouldered dove

Weight
124 g – 133.1 gsrc for Weight
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Diet
Granivoresrc for Diet
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
woodlandsrc for Habitat
Young per litter or clutch
2src for Young per litter or clutch
Lifestyle
Terrestrialsrc for Lifestyle
Migration
Sedentarysrc for Migration
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN)src for Conservation status
Countries on record
1 countrysrc for Countries on record

Photos of the bar-shouldered dove

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Bar-shouldered dove (Geopelia humeralis)
JJ Harrison ( https://www.jjharrison.com.au/ ) · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Where does the bar-shouldered dove live?

Countries where Catalogue of Life checklists list the species. Many checklists carry no country data, so the list is often incomplete. It is not a range map.

The bar-shouldered dove is listed for 1 country.

Australia
  • Listed
  • Not listed
small islands are not drawn at this scale

The same countries as a list

  1. Australia

Why a country list is not a range map

Listed by: ITIS (scope: global), through the Catalogue of Life.

What is the bar-shouldered dove?

Quoted from WikipediaCC BY-SA 4.0

The bar-shouldered dove (Geopelia humeralis) is a species of long tailed dove native to Australia and Southern New Guinea. It is protected under the National Parks and Wildlife Act 1974. It is a medium-sized pigeon varying in size from 26–30 cm (10–12 in). Its voice is a distinctive and melodious "cook-a-wook" or "coolicoo".

From the Wikipedia article “Bar-shouldered dove” (en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Bar-shouldered_dove&oldid=1369099176), by Wikipedia contributors, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0). This block is kept separate from our own text.

Is the bar-shouldered dove endangered?

The bar-shouldered dove is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List: it is not currently at risk of extinction.

  1. LCLeast Concern
  2. NTNear Threatened
  3. VUVulnerable
  4. ENEndangered
  5. CRCritically Endangered
  6. EWExtinct in the Wild
  7. EXExtinct

Category via Wikidata (CC0). Find the full assessment on the IUCN Red List. See all Least Concern species. What the categories mean.

How is the bar-shouldered dove classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classAves
  4. orderColumbiformes
  5. familyColumbidae
  6. genusGeopelia
  7. SpeciesGeopelia humeralis (Temminck, 1821)

Synonyms Columba humeralis

Other names and names in other languages (33)
  • يمام مخطط الكتفينArabic
  • tortoreta d'espatlles barradesCatalan
  • holoubek bronzovohřbetýCzech
  • turtur wargochWelsh
  • KobbernakkedueDanish
  • KupfernackentäubchenGerman
  • striŝultra kolomboEsperanto
  • Tortolita humeralSpanish
  • pandanituviEstonian
  • kukkujakyyhkyFinnish
  • Géopélie à nuque rousseFrench
  • prugastoleđi golubićCroatian
  • rozsdásnyakú földigerleHungarian
  • Perkutut australiaIndonesian
  • Tortora spallebarrateItalian
  • ベニカノコバトJapanese
  • rusvasprandis dryžasis purplelisLithuanian
  • RoodnekzebraduifDutch
  • skjellryggdueNorwegian
  • gołąbek dużyPolish
  • موڈھے لیکاں کگیWestern Panjabi
  • pombinha-nuca-rosaPortuguese
  • rola-de-nuca-ferrugíneaPortuguese
  • rola-de-nuca-rosáceaPortuguese
  • Медношейная горлицаRussian
  • Медношейная полосатая горлицаRussian
  • holúbok medenokrkýSlovak
  • Riđovrati golubićSerbian
  • blåbröstad zebraduvaSwedish
  • Yazılı Omuzlu KumruTurkish
  • горлиця бронзовошияUkrainian
  • 斑肩姬地鳩Chinese
  • 斑肩姬地鸠Chinese

Catalogue of LifeWikipediaiNaturalistWikidataIUCN Red List

Relatives of the bar-shouldered dove

Other species in the same genus Geopelia.

LC, Least Concern
Zebra dove (Geopelia striata)

Zebra dove

Geopelia striata

Columbidae

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

How big is the bar-shouldered dove?

An adult bar-shouldered dove weighs 124 g – 133.1 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Where does the bar-shouldered dove live?

Catalogue of Life checklists list the bar-shouldered dove for 1 country: Australia. Checklist coverage is uneven, so the true range may be wider.

Is the bar-shouldered dove endangered?

The bar-shouldered dove is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List, meaning it is not currently at risk of extinction.

What kind of animal is the bar-shouldered dove?

The bar-shouldered dove (Geopelia humeralis) belongs to the family Columbidae in the order Columbiformes.

Sources and how to cite this page

Data as of 2026-11-11. How this page is put together.

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BibTeX
@misc{bar_shouldered_dove_2026,
  title = {Bar-shouldered dove (Geopelia humeralis)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/bar-shouldered-dove},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}