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The crowned pigeons (Goura) are a genus of birds in the family Columbidae. It contains four large species of pigeon that are endemic to the island of New Guinea and a few surrounding islands. The species are extremely similar to each other in appearance, and occupy different regions of New Guinea.
The Victoria crowned pigeon (Goura victoria) is a large, bluish-grey pigeon with elegant blue lace-like crests, maroon breast and red irises.It is part of a genus of four unique, very large, ground-dwelling pigeons native to the New Guinea region, with the Victoria crowned pigeon measuring as the largest extant species of pigeon.
Scheepmaker's crowned pigeon (Goura scheepmakeri) is a large, terrestrial pigeon confined to the lowland forests of south eastern New Guinea. It has a bluish-grey plumage with elaborate blue lacy crests, red iris and very deep maroon breast.
Along with its close and very similar-looking relatives the Victoria crowned pigeon, Sclater's crowned pigeon, and Scheepmaker's crowned pigeon, it is one of the largest members of the pigeon family. The western crowned pigeon is found in and is endemic to the lowland rainforests of northwestern New Guinea ; the other species of crowned pigeon ...
AU: New Guinea, Bismarck Archipelago, and New Britain: 286: Claret-breasted fruit dove: Ptilinopus viridis (Linnaeus, 1766) AU: Moluccas, New Guinea, and Solomon Islands: 287: White-headed fruit dove: Ptilinopus eugeniae (Gould, 1856) AU: Makira and neighboring islands (Solomon Islands) 288: Orange-bellied fruit dove: Ptilinopus iozonus Gray ...
Sclater's crowned pigeon (Goura sclaterii) is a large, terrestrial pigeon confined to the southern lowland forests of New Guinea. This pigeon was previously considered as conspecific with Scheepmaker's crowned pigeon ( Goura scheepmakeri ) with the English name "southern crowned pigeon".
Endemic birds of Papua New Guinea (132 P) Pages in category "Endemic birds of New Guinea" The following 69 pages are in this category, out of 69 total.
Pinon's imperial pigeon or Pinon imperial pigeon (Ducula pinon) is a species of bird in the family Columbidae. It is found in New Guinea . The species is named after Rose de Freycinet née Pinon.