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Peaceful dove

Geopelia placida Gould, 1844

LCLeast Concernbirds

The peaceful dove (Geopelia placida) is a species in the family Columbidae, order Columbiformes. Recorded adults weigh 45 g to 49.4 g and live up to 14 years. Source checklists list it for 1 country: Australia. Its IUCN Red List status is Least Concern.

Peaceful dove (Geopelia placida)
Photo: JJ Harrison ( https://www.jjharrison.com.au/ ) · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Quick facts about the peaceful dove

Weight
45 g – 49.4 gsrc for Weight
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
14 yearssrc for Lifespan
Diet
Granivoresrc for Diet
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
woodlandsrc for Habitat
Egg incubation
13.5 dayssrc for Egg incubation
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

Where does the peaceful 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 peaceful 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 peaceful dove?

Quoted from WikipediaCC BY-SA 4.0

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.

From the Wikipedia article “Peaceful dove” (en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Peaceful_dove&oldid=1376652208), 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 peaceful dove endangered?

The peaceful 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 peaceful dove classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classAves
  4. orderColumbiformes
  5. familyColumbidae
  6. genusGeopelia
  7. SpeciesGeopelia placida Gould, 1844

Synonyms Geopelia tranquilla

Other names and names in other languages (34)
  • يمام هادئArabic
  • tortoreta plàcidaCatalan
  • holoubek proužkokrkýCzech
  • turtur resog GouldWelsh
  • Australsk ZebradueDanish
  • FriedenstäubchenGerman
  • Pacema kolomboEsperanto
  • strikola kolomboEsperanto
  • Tortolita plácidaSpanish
  • austraalia viirtuviEstonian
  • vaaleaseeprakyyhkyFinnish
  • Géopélie placideFrench
  • prugastovrati golubićCroatian
  • Perkutut papuaIndonesian
  • Tortora placidaItalian
  • オーストラリアチョウショウバトJapanese
  • gugagankgs
  • taikusis dryžasis purplelisLithuanian
  • Goulds ZebraduifDutch
  • billabongdueNorwegian
  • gołąbek łuskowanyPolish
  • rola-serenaPortuguese
  • rola-plácidaPortuguese
  • Мирная горлицаRussian
  • Полосатая горлицаRussian
  • Гулдова полосатая горлицаRussian
  • holúbok pokojnýSlovak
  • Mirni golubićSerbian
  • billabongduvaSwedish
  • Uysal KumruTurkish
  • горлиця австралійськаUkrainian
  • 和平地鳩Chinese
  • 戈氏姬地鳩Chinese
  • 戈氏姬地鸠Chinese

Catalogue of LifeWikipediaiNaturalistWikidataIUCN Red List

Relatives of the peaceful 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 peaceful dove?

An adult peaceful dove weighs 45 g – 49.4 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Where does the peaceful dove live?

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

Is the peaceful dove endangered?

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

How long does the peaceful dove live?

The peaceful dove has a recorded lifespan of 14 years.

What kind of animal is the peaceful dove?

The peaceful dove (Geopelia placida) 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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APA

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BibTeX
@misc{peaceful_dove_2026,
  title = {Peaceful dove (Geopelia placida)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/peaceful-dove},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}