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The Bar-shouldered dove (Geopelia humeralis) is a bird found in Australia. Woods, creeks and gardens across Australia and southern New Guinea. It eats leaves and other plant parts and seeds and nuts. The IUCN Red List lists it as Least Concern.

🏡 Where the Bar-shouldered dove lives

Woods, creeks and gardens across Australia and southern New Guinea.

🍽️ What it eats

• 🌿 Leaves & plants60%
• 🌰 Seeds & nuts40%

A rough guide to its diet over a year. Source: EltonTraits (Wilman et al. 2014).

Conservation status

Hear the Bar-shouldered dove

Recorded by James Lambert (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0), xeno-canto XC641031. Trimmed to a few seconds.

Questions about the Bar-shouldered dove

Where does the Bar-shouldered dove live?

The Bar-shouldered dove lives in Australia. Woods, creeks and gardens across Australia and southern New Guinea.

What does the Bar-shouldered dove eat?

leaves and other plant parts (about 60%), seeds and nuts (about 40%). These are rough shares of its diet over a year, from the EltonTraits database.

Is the Bar-shouldered dove endangered?

There are plenty of these birds. Its IUCN Red List category is Least Concern.

More birds from Australia & Oceania

• Satin bowerbird
• Black-shouldered kite
• Pied oystercatcher
• Little friarbird
• Yellow thornbill
• Hoary-headed grebe

Sources: IUCN Red List (via Wikidata), EltonTraits 1.0 (Wilman et al. 2014), GBIF sightings for countries, Wikipedia. Last updated 2026-10-19.