Geopelia placida
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In 3 days >90%
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 centimetres (7.6 to 8.4 inches). 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!".... Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kakadu National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 2 | Nitmiluk National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 3 | Litchfield National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 4 | Flinders Ranges National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 5 | Hattah-Kulkyne National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 6 | Daintree National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 7 | Blue Mountains National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 8 | Springbrook National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 9 | Noosa National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 10 | Lamington National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Brisbane | 🇦🇺 Australia |
| # | Zoo / Centre | Country | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Alice Springs Desert Park | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 2 | Healesville Sanctuary | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 3 | Taronga Zoo | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 4 | Featherdale Sydney Wildlife Park | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 5 | Cairns Aquarium | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 6 | Fauna Reserve | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 7 | Birdworld Kuranda | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 8 | Kuranda Koala Gardens | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 9 | Ranger Red’s Zoo & Conservation Park | 🇦🇺 Australia |
Very likely
About 70% of wildlife watchers report a Peaceful Dove sighting in Kakadu National Park on a given day, based on 1,561 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 4th most-seen of the 186 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to over 90%, if each day is a fresh chance.
June–September and November–January
In those months about 70% of wildlife watchers report a Peaceful Dove in Kakadu National Park on a given day, against about 50% in April, the lowest month. February has too few records to rate.
Between 7 and 10 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Peaceful Dove sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Yes
Of the 10 parks where we can rate Peaceful Dove sightings, Kakadu National Park has the highest daily chance: about 70%. Next come Nitmiluk National Park (Australia, about 60%) and Litchfield National Park (Australia, about 50%). All parks ranked.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Peaceful Dove is recorded against all the birds logged in Kakadu National Park (1,561 verified sightings from 2019 to 2026), calibrated against known sighting rates. Figures are rounded to the nearest 10% because citizen-science data supports honest approximations, not decimals, and months with records from fewer than five people show "—". How it works.
