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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.
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.
Common name Binomial name + authority Range Image 1: Rock dove: Columba livia Gmelin, JF, 1789: ... Victoria crowned pigeon: Goura victoria (Fraser, 1844) AU ...
The western crowned pigeon was first described by the German naturalist Peter Simon Pallas in 1764 and given the binomial name Columba cristata. [4] [5] [6] A molecular phylogenetic study published in 2018 found that the western crowned pigeon was most closely related to Sclater's crowned pigeon (Goura sclaterii). [7]
Where possible common names for taxa are given while links point to the scientific name used by the IUCN. Penguins ... Sclater's crowned-pigeon; Victoria crowned pigeon;
The rock dove, rock pigeon, or common pigeon (/ ˈ p ɪ dʒ. ə n / also / ˈ p ɪ dʒ. ɪ n /; Columba livia) is a member of the bird family Columbidae (doves and pigeons). [3]: 624 In common usage, it is often simply referred to as the "pigeon", although this is the wild form of the bird; the pigeons most familiar to people are the domesticated form of the wild rock dove.
Animal names Proto-Sogeram Gloss Scientific name *kɨñakuŋ: wattled brush-turkey: Aepypodius arfakianus *siar: starling: Aplonis sp. *kaiaŋki: sulphur-crested cockatoo: Cacatua galerita *muiam: cassowary: Casuarius unappendiculatus *ikakara: chicken: Gallus gallus *kumpin: Victoria crowned pigeon: Goura victoria *kwɨñaŋ: palm cockatoo ...
Columbea is a clade suggested by genome analysis that contains Columbiformes (pigeons and doves), Pteroclidae (sandgrouse), Mesitornithidae (mesites) and Mirandornithes (flamingos and grebes). [2] Until their recent placement as the sister taxon to Passerea , in the last decade various genetic analysis found them to be in the obsolete clade ...