EEP Crowned pigeon number 4

EEP STUDBOOK CROWNED PIGEONS
Subspecies Distribution External features
G. cristata
Cristata
NW New Guinea from
Vogelkop eastward to the
head of Geelvink Bay on
the north and to Etna Bay
in the south.
G. cristata minor Islands Batanta, Misool,
Salawati and Waigeu
G. scheepmakeri
scheepmakeri
G. scheepmakeri
sclaterii
G. victoria
victoria
G. victoria
beccarii
Southern coast of
southeastern New Guinea
from Hall Sound and
Mount Epa eastward to
Orangerie Bay.
Southern New Guinea
from the Mimika River to
the Fly River.
Islands of Yobi and Yapen
in Geelvink Bay.
Northern New Guinea
from the head of Geel-vink
Bay to Astrolabe Bay;
Collingwood Bay
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General colour: medium to dark greyish blue.
Mantle and most wing coverts dark purplish
red. Wing patch white, edged purplish red.
Crest covered with lacy feathers, blue-grey with
a silvery tinge, laterally-compressed. Size: 350-
384 mm.
This subspecies only differs in size from the
nominate form: Salawati: 352-366 mm.,
Mysool: 312-325 mm., Waigeu: 336-350 mm.
General colour: dark greyish blue, mantle and
lesser wing coverts dark greyish blue. Wing
patch pale whitish grey, edged purplish red.
Breast dark purplish red. Crest covered with
lacy feather, blue-grey with a silvery tinge,
laterally compressed.
Main differerences with nominate form:
Wing patch white, edged purplish red
Median wing coverts purplish red
Lower breast and belly grey blue.
General colour dark greyish blue. Wing patch
pale greyish blue, edged purplish red. Breast
dark purplish red. Crest contains barbs at the
end of the feathers which are only slightly
separated. These areas are dark blue, tipped
broadly with white.
Slightly larger than nominate form and less
dark in colour. These features might not be
noticeable without comparison of specimens
from both subspecies.
Distribution (Peters, 1973) and main external features (Mees, 1965; Goodwin, 1980) of
subspecies of the genus Goura in New Guinea. Only those features which are apparent
without comparison with other (sub-)species are included in this table. Table drawn from
Assink, 1988.