The Victoria Crowned – The Largest Pigeon in the World

By Queuebot in Animals & Pets, Pictures on Oct 15, 2009 at 9:08 am

Possibly the most beautiful pigeon too, the Victoria Crowned is not at all what you might expect when used to the hordes that haunt our towns and cities.  Thanks to the Dodo becoming defunct, these turkey sized blue niceys are the largest pigeon on the planet.  They have a rather odd secret too.  Birds don’t produce milk to feed their young, right? Well, these do! Unfortunately, these birds seem to be dying out in the wild for several reasons. The facts that they 1. aren’t afraid of people and 2. taste good do not bode well for their survival.

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  1. Gail Pink
    Oct 15th, 2009 at 9:20 am

    It is really very beautiful.

  2. LisaL
    Oct 15th, 2009 at 11:07 am

    Wow, what a beautiful bird. Such a shame that they’re endangered though :( Hopefully the breeding programs, will help make it common again.
    Hard to get a sense of its size from the photos, but the size of a turkey…. wow. That is one big pigeon!

  3. Gauldar
    Oct 15th, 2009 at 11:41 am

    A milk bearing bird is very cool indeed! Let’s not screw this species up too!

  4. I dunno lol
    Oct 15th, 2009 at 4:09 pm

    Its endangered AND it looks awesome? Its deliciousness just went up exponentially

  5. Ali S.
    Oct 16th, 2009 at 6:41 pm

    It’s quite stunning in colour…and it produces milk?! What?! Save these guys and not those rats with wings we have in the cities!


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