Western Crowned Pigeon

When to see the Western Crowned Pigeon

One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 5 months with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is October, the month with the most records.

Where to see the Western Crowned Pigeon

The map shades 1 country with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.

About the Western Crowned Pigeon

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).

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Easily confused with

Scheepmaker's Crowned PigeonGoura scheepmakeriScheepmaker's crowned pigeon is a large, terrestrial pigeon confined to the lowland forests of south eastern New Guinea. Victoria Crowned PigeonGoura victoriaThe Victoria crowned pigeon is a deep blue-grey colour with a small, black mask. Sclater's Crowned PigeonGoura sclateriiIt has a bluish-grey plumage with elaborate blue lacy crests, red iris and very deep maroon breast.