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<strong>EEP</strong> STUDBOOK CROWNED PIGEONS<br />
APPENDIX III<br />
Additive Information on Papua New Guinea<br />
Overview on collections held in Papua New Guinea:<br />
National Capital Botanical Gardens<br />
Species kept:<br />
Victoria crowned <strong>pigeon</strong>s (21), scheepmakeri crowned <strong>pigeon</strong>s (4), Vulturine parrot (1),<br />
Blyth's hornbill (1-1), Paradisaea minor (2-1), Paradisaea raggiana (5), Porphyrio porphyrio<br />
(1), Eclectus roratus (4/6), Sulphur-crested cockatoo (5) and Doria tree-kangaroo (1)<br />
National museum of Papua New Guinea<br />
Species kept:<br />
Victoria crowned <strong>pigeon</strong>s (2), scheepmakeri crowned <strong>pigeon</strong>s (2), mammalian and birds<br />
Interviews made by Marc Damen:<br />
Interview with Mack and Merg, June 1997<br />
In Lakekamu Basin a lot of crowned <strong>pigeon</strong>s live in groups from 3 to 6 / 8 animals (Mack).<br />
Very often you see one when you are passing through. <strong>Crowned</strong> Pigeons will fly up and go<br />
into a tree (Mack). If one crowned <strong>pigeon</strong> has been seen most of the times more crowned<br />
<strong>pigeon</strong>s are in the neighbourhood (just wait and see). The crowned <strong>pigeon</strong>s stay in the tree for<br />
quite some time (Merg) or fly far away. Merg saw two crowned <strong>pigeon</strong>s copulate in February<br />
(22 February). <strong>Crowned</strong> <strong>pigeon</strong>s can be found in remote areas. Where the roads are crowned<br />
<strong>pigeon</strong>s are driven away. Beehler once found a nest and took the measurements, but during<br />
his trip his luggage and all his notes were stolen. The villagers hunt crowned <strong>pigeon</strong>s but also<br />
Tree-kangaroos.<br />
Remarks after conversation with Cosmas Makamet<br />
Inhabitants from Tekadu don't shoot a lot of animals, because they only possess bow and<br />
arrow (small range). The Kovio tribe has guns and permits. They can buy cartridges, which<br />
are cheap. They go down the river with boats and every time they shoot some crowned<br />
<strong>pigeon</strong>s, pigs, cassowaries and forest wallabies. The Kovio tribe only eat the meat and do<br />
nothing with the intestines. Cosmas is helding household-surveys to see if the feeding pattern<br />
changes when they obtain money.<br />
Interview with Ridey from Tekadu (one of the working people)<br />
Groups of crowned <strong>pigeon</strong>s consists of 2 animals, which walk 0 - 6 m apart from each other.<br />
They are having contact with a low, monotone sound (the "contact call"). <strong>Crowned</strong> <strong>pigeon</strong>s<br />
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