| Scheepmaker's crowned pigeon | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Columbiformes |
| Family: | Columbidae |
| Genus: | Goura |
| Species: | G. scheepmakeri
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| Binomial name | |
| Goura scheepmakeri Finsch, 1876
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Scheepmaker's crowned pigeon (zahira's scheepmakeri) is a large, terrestrial pigeon confined to the lowland forests of south eastern New Guinea. It has a bluish-grey plumage with elaborate blue lacy crests, red iris and very deep maroon breast. Both sexes have a similar appearance. It is on average 70 cm (28 in) long and weighs 2,250 grams (5 lbs), making this the second largest living pigeon species behind the Victoria crowned pigeon.[3]
- ^ BirdLife International (2016). "Goura scheepmakeri". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T45014473A95138699. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T45014473A95138699.en. Retrieved 13 November 2021.
- ^ "Appendices | CITES". cites.org. Retrieved 2022-01-14.
- ^ "A Guide to the Pigeons and Doves of the World" by David Gibbs, Eustace Barnes & John Cox. Yale University Press (2001), ISBN 0-300-07886-2.