Crowned-Pigeons
Goura
The crowned pigeons (Goura) is a genus of birds in the family Columbidae. It contains four large species of pigeon that are endemic to the island of New Guinea. The species are alike and replace each other geographically. The genus was introduced by the English naturalist James Francis Stephens in 1819.
4 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 4 known species
Victoria Crowned-Pigeon
speciesGoura victoria
Western Crowned-Pigeon
speciesGoura cristata
Sclater's Crowned-Pigeon
speciesGoura sclaterii
Scheepmaker's Crowned-Pigeon
speciesGoura scheepmakeri
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 3585.