|
PEACEFUL DOVE FACTS |
Description
The Peaceful Dove is a small dove with a long tail. The body is brown-grey, with dark barring. The head and lower throat is paler grey, with dark scallops. The throat is white and lower body pinkish. The feet are a deep pink.
Other Names
Doodle-Doo, Placid Dove, Zebra Dove, Barred Dove.
Size
20 - 24cm
Habitat
dry woodland with a grassy understorey and the edges of rainforest
Food
small seeds of grasses and sedges, small insects
Breeding
Builds a small, flimsy platform of twigs and grass in tree or shrub. Sometimes nests in garden and street trees.
Range
north west, north and eastern mainland. Also found in south east parts of Asia,
Credits:
Map is from Atlas of Living Australia website at https://biocache.ala.org.au licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.
Classification
| Class: | Aves | | Order: | Columbiformes | | Family: | Columbidae | | Genus: | Geopelia | | Species: | striata | | Common Name: | Peaceful Dove |
Relatives in same Genus
Diamond Dove (G. cuneata)
Bar-shouldered Dove (G. humeralis)
|
|
