#Victoria crowned pigeon

[elliottnotyet]

Marchirp day 18: feathers. I got another pigeon for ya. This is the Victoria Crowned Pigeon.

[Image ID: blue pigeon with fanned feathers coming off the top of its head. End ID]

[harkthorn]

And finally, red ballpoint pen bird sketches

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[birds--daily]

How about a victoria crowned pigeon? They look so cute and pretty looking !

day 27

today's bird is the victoria crowned-pigeon!

- the victoria crowned-pigeon is the largest species of pigeon!

- they are a close relative of the extinct dodo

- like other pigeons, they do not have a gallbladder

- they are particularly fond of figs :0)

[spinus-pinus]

Victoria Crowned-pigeon Goura victoria

3/4/2023 San Diego Zoo Safari Park, California

[haveyouseenthisbirdpoll]

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Cedar Waxwing

These birds get their name from a waxy secretion that comes from the tips of some of their wings. Although it is usually red, thus giving the red feather tips, some Cedar Waxwings are known to have orange tips, likely picked up from an introduced species of honeysuckle. They are specialized in eating fruit, and sometimes a cowbird placed into their nest will not survive because they are not prepared for such a fruit-centric diet. Learn More!

Victoria Crowned Pigeon

Their name commemorates the crowning of Queen Victoria, however they are native to parts of New Guinea and not england at all. They are a land dwelling pigeon, and are fond of eating fallen fruit. The males will often make aggressive displays towards other males, although they rarely hit one another. Learn More!

(Cedar Waxwing photo by Mason Maron)

(Victoria Crowned Pigeon photo by Christian Cholette)

[cypherdecypher]

Animal of the Day!

Victoria Crowned-pigeon (Goura victoria)

(Photo by Nigel Voaden)

Conservation Status- Near Threatened

Habitat- Northern New Guinea

Size (Weight/Length)- 2 kg; 70 cm

Diet- Fruits; Seeds; Insects

Cool Facts- If you thought all pigeons were drab and gray, I would like to introduce the Victoria crowned-pigeon. Living in small groups, these pigeons walk along the forest floor in search of fallen fruits and on alert for crocodiles and snakes. When startled, Victoria crowned-pigeons shoot straight up and find the nearest branch to cling onto. During the mating season, males square up and engage in occasional wing smacking and chest puffing to impress the ladies. Males then dance for females by bowing their head and wagging their tail up and down. Both parents will help to raise a single chick who eventually fledges after three months.

Rating- 12/10 (King of the pigeons.)

Requested by Anonymous

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Victoria crowned pigeon (Goura victoria), family Columbidae (doves and pigeons)

One of several species of crowned pigeon, the Victoria crowned pigeon is easily recognized by the white tips on its crest. Of the crowned pigeons, it is also the most popularly kept in captivity.

Avifauna, taken July 2024

[fluffycannibals]

Girl help i made a bird a character

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Image by Cor Gaasbeek from Pixabay

[columbidaecontest]

[ID: two photos of blue pigeons with purple chests, white patches on their wings, and a large, elaborate crest on their heads, standing in trees. the first is the Scheepmaker's crowned pigeon, perched ojn a branch. the second, the Victoria crowned pigeon, has white tips to its crest.]

[proton-wobbler]

Battle Royale

Family Reunion (C-2)

Some families are more popular than others, you know? It's a miracle there wasn't a submission for ever single corvid that's ever existed. Instead, we have these guys.

[vinspixels]

I'm doing a little project over the month of March where I draw an animal with a 4 colour palette each day of the month.

March 23rd is a little victoria crowned pigeon.

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Victoria Crowned-Pigeon Goura victoria

3/4/2023 San Diego Zoo Safari Park, California

[na-bird-of-the-day]

As promised, here are some photos from the national aviary in Pittsburgh! Saw lots of wonderful birds there.

I also took a boat tour up in Maine and saw lots of Atlantic puffins! I also saw some razorbills, common eiders, common loons, Wilson's storm-petrels, an Arctic tern, and a black guillemot. And plenty of gulls of course!

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Victoria Crowned Pigeon

Their name commemorates the crowning of Queen Victoria, however they are native to parts of New Guinea and not england at all. They are a land dwelling pigeon, and are fond of eating fallen fruit. The males will often make aggressive displays towards other males, although they rarely hit one another. Learn More!

Chimney Swift

The chimney swift, as it’s name suggests, roosts largely in chimneys. In fact, they rarely roost in hollow trees anymore, their original natural roost. They are also one of the reasons that we study birds with by behavior. Althea Sherman began to study this bird through observation, unlike many of her fellow ornithologists who would study birds by dissecting them. She even commissioned a large, chimney like structure to be built, with stairs in the middle and peepholes so that she could fully observe these birds. She spent 15 years studying chimney swifts. Learn More!

(Art by @tertain-the-original )