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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.
On March 14, a Victoria crowned pigeon chick hatched in the zoo's aviary. The species, which is native to New Guinea, is a first for the Milwaukee County Zoo.
The International Ornithological Committee (IOC) recognizes 352 species in family Columbidae, the pigeons and doves.They are distributed among 50 genera. This list is presented according to the IOC taxonomic sequence and can also be sorted alphabetically by common name and binomial.
Victoria crowned pigeon (Goura victoria) Discovery Bay. Presentation of the aquarium. Shark in a aquarium. Discovery Bay contains several aquariums with a combined ...
The Victoria crowned pigeon (Goura victoria) is one of the largest extant pigeons. The blue-headed quail-dove ( Starnoenas cyanocephala ) of Cuba is a relictual species with no close relatives. A red-eyed dove ( Streptopelia semitorquata ) on the Zambezi in Zimbabwe
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 ...
David and Victoria Beckham (July 4, 1999) Screenshot via “Beckham” Netflix. Held at the Luttrellstown Castle in Ireland, the Beckham’s pulled out all the stops for their big day. From ...