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<strong>EEP</strong> STUDBOOK CROWNED PIGEONS<br />
This is important, not only to protect it from the rain, but also because the New Guinea Harpy<br />
Eagle (Harpyopsis novaeguineae) is a predator of eggs and young gurias, but also of grown up<br />
crowned <strong>pigeon</strong>s. From observations in zoos we know that the incubation time of the egg is<br />
about four weeks and the single chick (they just produce a clutch of one egg) will remain in the<br />
nest for another four weeks.<br />
During these observations many groups consisting of three animals were found and sometimes it<br />
was possible to recognize that one bird was younger. If these small groups meet each other, they<br />
seem to join larger groups so the young bird will be able to find an own partner. They do not<br />
seem to have a home-range or territory, but it still is not possible to prove this.<br />
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