---
title: "Rola-plácida"
description: "Geopelia placida — Aves. The peaceful dove (Geopelia placida) is a pigeon native to Australia and New Guinea."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pt/animal/peaceful-dove
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Rola-plácida

> Geopelia placida — Aves. The peaceful dove (Geopelia placida) is a pigeon native to Australia and New Guinea.

- Scientific name: *Geopelia placida*
- Category: `birds` (Aves)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 6859
- Wikidata: [Q650277](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q650277)
- iNaturalist taxon: [3603](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/3603)

## Names

- en: Peaceful Dove
- de: Friedenstäubchen
- es: Tortolita Plácida
- fr: Géopélie placide
- nl: Goulds zebraduif
- pt: Rola-plácida
- pl: Gołąbek łuskowany

## Countries with the most observations

AU (6625), PG (42)

## Summary

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.

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

## Photo

![Rola-plácida](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/peaceful-dove/medium.jpg)

Photo: Adam Jackson · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/263440854

## Machine access

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