Western Crowned Pigeon

Goura cristata

Also known as: Western Crowned-Pigeon • Western crowned-pigeon • western crowned pigeon

• Family: Columbidae• Order: Columbiformes

The western crowned pigeon, also known as the common crowned pigeon or blue crowned pigeon, is a large, blue-grey pigeon with blue lacy crests over the head and dark blue mask feathers around its eyes. Both sexes are almost similar but males are often larger than females. It is on average 70 cm (28 in) long and weighs 2.1 kg (4.6 lbs).

🛡️ Conservation Status

vulnerable

📌 In culture

* The mambruk ubiaat (western crowned pigeon) appears on the coat of arms of Manokwari Regency located in West Papua, Indonesia. * The western crowned pigeon was featured on the 1968 Indonesian postage stamps. * The western crowned pigeon appears on coat of arms of a proposed Republic of West Papua. * The video game spin-off Angry Birds Stella has a western crowned pigeon named Willow, who wears a striped hat to conceal her crest.

Quick Facts

Common Names:

Western Crowned Pigeon, Western Crowned-Pigeon, Western crowned-pigeon, western crowned pigeon, Blue Crowned-Pigeon, Common Crowned Pigeon, Great Goura, Western crowned pigeon, Blue Crowned-pigeon, Western Crowned-pigeon, blue crowned pigeon, common crowned pigeon

Class:

Aves

Conservation Status:

vulnerable

Data Completeness:

86%

Data Sources

🌍gbif

📚itis

📖wikipedia

🔬eol

🦎inaturalist

References

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Distribution Statistics

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Top Locations

Raja Ampat, ID-IB, ID

Sorong, ID-IB, ID

Fak-Fak, ID-IB, ID

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First: 1/30/2012 · Latest: 5/5/2025

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