Crowned Pigeon

Description

"Goura coronata, the Crowned Pigeon, discovered by Dampier in 1699, is bluish-slate -coloured, with darker wings, and some black on the chin and side of the head; a broad chestnut band crossing the back, one of white shewing conspicuously on the wing, and one of grey terminating the tail." A. H. Evans, 1900

Keywords

birds, blue birds, crowned birds, Crowned Pigeon, foraging birds, fowl, Gourda coronata, Gourinae, New Guinea birds, pigeons

Galleries

Birds: P

Source:

Evans, A. H. Birds (New York, NY: The Macmillan Company, 1900)

Courtesy the private collection of Roy Winkelman