Common Crown Pigeon
There are variety of birds that is breed and kept in Wildlife Fauna Janda Baik. Here is only some of them.
The *Western Crowned Pigeon*, *Goura cristata*, is a
large,
turkey-sized, approximately 75cm long, blue-grey pigeon with elegant 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.
Along with its close and very similar looking relatives the Victoria Crowned
Pigeon and the Southern Crowned Pigeon , it is one of the largest and most
beautiful members of the pigeonfamily. The Western Crowned Pigeon is found
and endemic to the
lowlandrainforests of Papua Indonesia section of New Guinea the other
species of crowned pigeon inhabit different regions of the island. The diet
consists mainly of fruits and seeds.
Hunted for food and its plumes, it remains common only in remote areas. Due
to ongoing habitat loss, limited range and overhunting in some areas, the
Western Crowned Pigeon is evaluated as Vulnerableon the IUCN Red List of
Threatened Species.
It is listed in Appendix II of CITES.