Scheepmaker's Crowned Pigeon (Goura scheepmakeri)🐦🦜🕊️🎵❤️

1⃣Scheepmaker's crowned pigeon(Goura 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.

2⃣It 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.

3⃣Being tame and heavily hunted for its meat and plumes, Scheepmaker's crowned pigeon is evaluated as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. It is listed in Appendix II of CITES.

Only seen stills of these before

Absolutely stunning species of bird

Really beautiful bird. Fantastic video.

beautiful