Southern Crowned Pigeon

Southern Crowned Pigeon

Taxobox
name = Southern Crowned Pigeon


image_width = 225px
image_caption = "Goura scheepmakeri sclateri"
status = VU | status_system = IUCN3.1
trend = down
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Aves
ordo = Columbiformes
familia = Columbidae
genus = "Goura"
species = "G. scheepmakeri"
binomial = "Goura scheepmakeri"
binomial_authority = Finsch, 1876The Southern Crowned Pigeon, "Goura scheepmakeri", is a large, approximately 75cm long, terrestrial pigeon confined to southern lowland forests of New Guinea. It has a bluish-grey plumage with elaborate blue lacy crests, red iris and very deep maroon breast. Both sexes are similar.

There are two subspecies of the Southern Crowned Pigeon, differentiated by their shoulder and belly colorations. "Goura scheepmakeri sclateri" of southwest New Guinea with maroon shoulders and blue-grey belly, and the nominate race "Goura scheepmakeri scheepmakeri" of southeast New Guinea with blue-grey shoulders and maroon below.

This species was first discovered new to science by Otto Finsch who found a live bird received from the dealer C. Scheepmaker in Amsterdam Zoo and named it after him.

Being tame and heavily hunted for its meat and plumes, the Southern Crowned Pigeon is evaluated as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. It is listed in Appendix II of CITES.

References

* Database entry includes a range map and justification for why this species is vulnerable

External links

* [http://www.birdlife.org/datazone/species/index.html?action=SpcHTMDetails.asp&sid=2756&m=0 BirdLife Species Factsheet]
* [http://www.redlist.org/search/details.php?species=9413 IUCN Red List]
* [http://www.rdb.or.id/detailbird.php?id=65 Red Data Book]


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