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Zebra Dove

Geopelia striata · Family Columbidae

Geopelia striata

Family Columbidae

Order
Columbiformes
Family
Columbidae
GBIF occurrence records
415,187
Countries and territories with records
37
Zebra Dove
JJ Harrison (https://tiny.jjharrison.com.au/t/1MF79Mf2vRuTfWFs) · Geopelia striata 1 crop - Chinese Garden.jpg · CC BY-SA 4.0 · JJ Harrison (https://tiny.jjharrison.com.au/t/1MF79Mf2vRuTfW · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons · Recordings may be trimmed and re-encoded; photos are cropped and resized.
Play song · Derek Paulo · Geopelia_striata_-_Zebra_Dove_XC347812.mp3 · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Derek Paulo · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons · Recordings may be trimmed and re-encoded; photos are cropped and resized.

About this species

This species has 415,187 occurrence records from 37 countries and territories (GBIF, 21 October 2026). Most records come from the United States (37.6%), Thailand (26.7%), Malaysia (7.8%), the Philippines (6.7%) and Singapore (6.4%); together they account for 85.1% of the total. In the United States, this species accounts for 0.014% of all bird records in GBIF.

The scientific name Geopelia striata combines the genus name Geopelia with the species epithet striata. The Warbla app catalog lists 5 species of the genus Geopelia; apart from this one, those with the most GBIF records are Geopelia placida, Geopelia humeralis and Geopelia cuneata.

The catalog has GBIF record counts for 314 species of the family Columbidae. This species ranks 25th among them; the family’s most-recorded species is Zenaida macroura. Its record count is 1.4 times the family average (296,782). The family Columbidae belongs to the order Columbiformes, which has 314 species in the Warbla app catalog.

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