The Victoria crowned pigeon, Goura victoria, and the Common crowned pigeon, Goura cristata, are the peacocks of the pigeon family. They are the largest surviving pigeons.
The crowned pigeons, belonging to the family Gourinae, are large blue-gray birds with deep maroon below.
The most noticeable difference between these two pigeons is that the Victoria crowned pigeon's crest is tipped in white while the common crowned pigeon's is not.... More

There are more than 300 species of pigeons and doves, all of which are rather thick-set with a relatively small head. Only the upper parts of the legs are feathered, and the feet are usually quite bare. The beautiful Bleeding-heart pigeon is a member of the Old World ground dove group.

The Bleeding-heart pigeon takes its name from an unusual mid-breast patch of blood red feathers that look like a bloody wound.... More

Crested Pigeons range in height between 300-350 mm (Bird World, 1999), and are slimmer than the usual pigeon. It is noted for it's long, black slender crest prominent at the very top of its head. Rather colorful for a pigeon, its sides of its lower neck and breast are a salmon pink with tints of olive here and there. Its gray wings and black bill are rather short. A Crested Pigeon is mostly gray with the exception of bars of purplish and or blue-green along its wing. Patches of drab brown remain on its under parts. The outer tail feathers are a darker gray with bluish, purplish and green iridescence and a broad white tip.... More

The White-headed Pigeon (Columba leucomela) is a pigeon that is native to Australia. It is also known by names of "Baldy" and "Baldy Pigeon".

The pigeon's habitat is from Cooktown, Queenstown to southern New South Wales. It can commonly be found in tropical regions, subtropical rainforest, scrub, watercourses and street trees. Since colonisation of Australia, their numbers have decreased but they have thrived on the introduced camphor laurel.

The White-headed pigeon's nest generally consists of scanty twigs and is usually placed high in canopy up to 18 metres. It tends to lay one cream-white egg. Breeding is mostly from October to December.... More

The Wonga Pigeon Leucosarcia melanoleuca is a pigeon that inhabits areas in eastern Australia with its range being from Central Queensland to Gippsland, eastern Victoria, Australia.

Previously they could be found as north as Cairns and as south as the Dandenongs, but due to land clearance, shootings in the 1940s for crop protection and fox predation, they are rarely seen in these areas, but their populations have improved in these areas.

The Wonga Pigeon is a large, plump pigeon that has a short neck, broad wings and a long tail.... More