peaceful dove chicks (Peaceful dove; Geopelia placida) Date: Fri, 14 Jan 2005 23:44:33 +1030
I posted a pic a couple of weeks ago of a dove nest balanced on a palm frond
in my sisters garden. She said she was sure it would fall off and the
chicks not survive, however they have fledged already and flown away. This
is a pic taken not long before they went...
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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.