Goura (genus)

The crowned pigeons (Goura) consists of three species, the western crowned pigeon (Goura cristata), the southern crowned pigeon (Goura scheepmakeri) and the Victoria crowned pigeon (Goura victoria). They are the largest extant members of the pigeons clade, (Columbidae). The three crowned pigeons are alike and replace each other geographically. The genus was described by James Francis Stephens in 1819.