Animal of the Day (for my best friend Sophie): Victoria Crowned Pigeon

The Victoria Crowned Pigeon is one of three large land pigeons in its genus and hail from the New Guinea area.
These pigeons make deep whooping noises. They know how to commemorate the joys of life with good noises.
The Victoria Crowned Pigeon is exceptionally beautiful with a crown of feathers,  maroon-purple chest, and black barring on the wings. These guys and gals are about 30 inches long and can nearly 8 pounds. This makes the Victoria the largest living pigeon on earth.
Victoria Crowned Pigeons have a wing chord (wing length) of  14-15 inches. These wings make a loud clapping noise win the pigeon flies.
The pigeons like to travel in groups, and walk about the forest floor looking for fallen fruit. If they are disturbed, they will retreat into the canopy.
Males tend to get along, but may have feuds during mating season in which they puff up their chip, raise their wings, dash at each other, and occasionally hit each other.
Males swing their head and wag their tail to attract the ladies to made late during the wet season and during the dry season and likely continue a monogamous relationship. Males proceed to help the female build a nest to host a single egg.
The chicks leave the nest at a small size but parents continue to watch over them for 13 weeks. Part of the care includes feeding the young crop milk. Both male and female pigeons (along with flamingos) produce a milk that they regurgitate for the young.
Victoria Crowned Pigeons have a vulnerable status: they are sought after for their plumage and are the least common in wild of the the crowned pigeons.