Blue Phoenix crown dove culture

Pigeons are common birds in our daily life, but the "queen" that Buddha wants to introduce is rare. It is called Phoenix Crown Dove.

The Phoenix crown dove is divided into three kinds: Victoria Phoenix crown dove (Goura victoria, Victoria Crowned Pigeon), blue Phoenix crown dove (Common Crowned Pigeon, Goura cristata), purple breast Phoenix crown dove (Goura scheepmakeri, Sheepmaker's Crowned Pigeon), is the most beautiful member of the dove, the body length is 70 centimeters 80 centimeters, the weight is about 2 kilograms, different from other pigeons' physiological characteristics are 16 tail feathers instead of 12.

The blue Phoenix crown dove is the most beautiful member of the dove class, and it is also the largest one of the dove class, almost as big as the turkey. The blue Phoenix crown dove has a blue body, smooth and neat feathers, a white area under the tail and wings, a slight purple color from the middle of the wing to the chest, bright red eyes, dark feathers around the eyes, and small spots on the legs. The blue Phoenix crown dove has 4 toes on each foot, 3 toes forward and 1 toe backward. The most striking thing about blue Phoenix crown doves is the pale blue fan-shaped feathers standing on their heads. Both sexes have this feather, like a Phoenix crown on their heads. During the breeding season, this is an effective tool for courtship, hence the name of blue Phoenix crown doves.

Life habits:

The blue Phoenix crown dove often lives in forests or swamps near the water, wandering in small groups looking for food and behaving like pheasants. It mainly eats the seeds, fruits and insects of all kinds of plants. The breeding season of the blue Phoenix crown dove is in the spring, during which females and males spread their fan-shaped crown feathers to please each other. The blue Phoenix crown dove's nest is built on a tree. The incubation period is 28ml for 30 days, and one egg is laid in each litter. The pigeon egg is milky white in size. Blue Phoenix crown is a late sex, parent birds will secrete pigeon milk to feed chicks, which is also a unique phenomenon in bird species. The young birds of the blue Phoenix crown dove lived with their parents in the second year and began to live independently. Because the blue Phoenix crown dove's feathers are extremely precious and the meat is delicious, it has been hunted and killed in large numbers, and now it has become a very rare bird. At present, there are only a few zoos in China, each worth as much as 30,000 yuan.