Victoria Crowned Pigeon

Birds > Pigeons & Doves

OverviewAT A GLANCECommon Name: Victoria Crowned PigeonScientific Name: Goura victoriaCategory: BirdsSubcategory: Pigeons & DovesSize: Total length: 29–31 in (73–80 cm); Wingspan: 33–36 in (84–91 cm)Weight: 4.4–7.7 lb (2.0–3.5 kg); the largest living columbid...

King Bird-of-Paradise

Birds > Paradisaeids & Passeriformes

OverviewThe King Bird-of-Paradise (Cicinnurus regius), universally renowned among ornithologists as the ‘living gem’ of New Guinea, is an exquisite, intensely ornamental passerine bird belonging to the legendary bird-of-paradise family Paradisaeidae within...