“The Victoria Crowned Pigeon, Goura victoria, is a large, bluish-grey pigeon with elegant blue lace-like crests, maroon breast and red iris. The bird may be easily recognized by the unique white tips on its crests.
It is distributed in the lowland and swamp forests of northern New Guinea and surrounding islands. Its diet consists mainly of fruits, figs, seeds and invertebrates. The female usually lays a single white egg.
Due to continuing habitat loss, being tame and easily hunted for its plumes and meat, the Victoria Crowned Pigeon is evaluated as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. ” (Source: Wikipedia)
It’s a beautiful bird indeed –
Due to the light reflection, the normally red eye turned partially purple here… amazing…
And this is the black-and-white version…
Discovering Beauty 
Waaaaaauw… very beautiful picture…thnx for passing by on my site…Agnès
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Wow.. your composition and angle is brilliant. I like the way you used the light on the bird’s face!!
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Thank you so much for the great feed back, Hindupur, your words of praise mean a lot!
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This bird is pure art! And so is the photo 🙂
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I sure agree on the first part, t – and thank you for the compliment!
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Beautifully composed photo… excellent.
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Thank you, Maggie!
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