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crowned pigeon

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Also known as: Gourinae

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classification of pigeons

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The Gourinae, or crowned pigeons, consists solely of three species (genus Goura), found in New Guinea. Blue-gray birds with fanlike head crests, they are the largest of all pigeons—nearly the size of a turkey.
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