Sclater's Crowned Pigeon - BirdForum Opus

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Photo © by Geoff Jones
Ekame Lodge, Papua New Guinea, September 2009

Goura sclateri

Identification

75cm

• Blue-grey plumage
• White wing-patch, bordered above my maroon lesser and median coverts
• Blue lacy crests
• Red iris
• Deep maroon breast becoming grey-blue on lower breast and belly
  
• Sexes similar

Distribution

Southern New Guinea.
From Mimika River east to Fly River and Strickland River (maybe even to Hegigo River). Identity of birds between Fly River and Purari river unsure, either this species or Scheepmaker's Crowned Pigeon.

Taxonomy

Subspecies

This is a monotypic species.
Formerly considered conspecific with Scheepmaker's Crowned Pigeon under the name Southern Crowned Pigeon.

Habitat

Lowland forests.

Behaviour

Terrestrial

References

1. Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2018. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: v2018. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/

• List of references

Recommended Citation

• BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Sclater's Crowned Pigeon. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 20 April 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Sclater%27s_Crowned_Pigeon

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