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[[Image:236a Southern-crowned Pigeon Goura scheepmakeri Ekame PNG Sept 2009.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by {{user|Geoff+Jones|Geoff Jones}}<br />Ekame Lodge, [[Papua New Guinea]], September 2009]]
 
;[[:Category:Goura|Goura]] scheepmakeri
 
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==Identification==
 
==Identification==
75cm long, terrestrial,  blue-grey plumage, blue lacy crests, red iris and very deep maroon breast. Both sexes are similar.
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75cm<br />
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*Blue-grey plumage
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*Blue lacy crests
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*Red iris
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*Deep maroon breast<br />
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*Sexes similar
 
==Distribution==
 
==Distribution==
 
[[New Guinea]].
 
[[New Guinea]].
 
 
==Taxonomy==
 
==Taxonomy==
 
==Habitat==
 
==Habitat==
 
Lowland forests.
 
Lowland forests.
 
==Behaviour==
 
==Behaviour==
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Terrestrial
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==References==
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Wikipedia
 
==External Links==
 
==External Links==
 
{{GSearch|Goura+scheepmakeri}}
 
{{GSearch|Goura+scheepmakeri}}
  
  
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[[Category:Birds]][[category:incomplete]] [[Category:Goura]]

Revision as of 10:08, 23 October 2009

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

Identification

75cm

  • Blue-grey plumage
  • Blue lacy crests
  • Red iris
  • Deep maroon breast
  • Sexes similar

Distribution

New Guinea.

Taxonomy

Habitat

Lowland forests.

Behaviour

Terrestrial

References

Wikipedia

External Links

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