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Western Crowned Pigeon (mounted taxidermy)

Object Status:

Extant

Accession Date:

By 1805

Notes:

Peale’s comment about the Banda islands (Indonesia) was probably copied from George Edwards (1694-1773), whose illustration of the “The great crowned pigeon from the Island of Banda in the East Indies” appeared on Pl. 338 of Gleanings of Natural History (1764), shown here.

Specimen Type:

Dead/preserved

Current Common Name:

Western Crowned Pigeon

Current Scientific Name

Columbidae | Goura cristata