---
title: "Diamond Dove"
description: "Geopelia cuneata — Birds. The diamond dove (Geopelia cuneata) is a resident bird in Australia."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/animal/diamond-dove
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Diamond Dove

> Geopelia cuneata — Birds. The diamond dove (Geopelia cuneata) is a resident bird in Australia.

- Scientific name: *Geopelia cuneata*
- Category: `birds` (Birds)
- Habitats: `desert` (Desert)
- iNaturalist observations: 1751
- Wikidata: [Q58904](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q58904)
- iNaturalist taxon: [3609](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/3609)

## Names

- en: Diamond Dove
- de: Diamanttaube
- es: Tórtola diamante
- fr: Géopélie diamant
- nl: Diamantduif
- pt: Rola-diamante
- pl: Gołąbek diamentowy

## Countries with the most observations

AU (1093), US (32), ES (18), FR (15), PT (14), DE (13), IT (8), NL (8), ZA (7), CV (6), AE (4), BE (4)

## Summary

The diamond dove (Geopelia cuneata) is a resident bird in Australia. The pigeon predominantly exists in areas near water but which are lightly arid or semi-arid in nature, being Central, West and Northern Australia. They are one of Australia's smallest pigeons along with the peaceful dove. They have been spotted occasionally in Southern Australia in parks and gardens when the centre of Australia is very dry.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diamond_dove

## Photo

![Diamond Dove](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/diamond-dove/medium.jpg)

Photo: Melissa Doherty · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/190041860

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/diamond-dove?lang=en` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).