peaceful dove chicks (Peaceful dove; Geopelia placida) Date: Tue, 4 Jan 2005 13:35:44 +1030
My sister sent me this pic of a dove nest in her yard. The mother dove is
being a bit optimistic about the nest and chicks actually staying on the
palm frond.
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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.