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White-crowned Pigeon

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Original - The White-crowned Pigeon (Patagioenas leucocephala) typically grows to 29 centimetres (11 in), has a wingspan of 48 centimetres (19 in), and weighs 0.15 kilograms (0.33 lb). It is a resident breeder mainly in the Bahamas, Cuba, Jamaica and Antigua. This species is classified as near threatened by hunting, loss of coastal red mangrove and inland hardwood forests (for breeding and feeding, respectively) and collision with man-made objects.

Reason: 100 megapixel image by notable artist, illustrating an article where no good photo is currently available. The plant is also identified, as Cordia sebestena, the Geiger Tree.
Articles in which this image appears: White-crowned Pigeon
FP category for this image: Animals/Birds
Creator: John James Audubon

Support as nominator --Papa Lima Whiskey (talk) 18:01, 13 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Support anything by Audobon - especially at this quality. --Ser Amantio di Nicolao^{Che dicono a Signa?}_{Lo dicono a Signa.} 15:00, 15 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Support: Enormous resolution and detail from Audobon, illustrates bird and plant well. Would prefer to see this cropped slightly tighter, but not fussed enough to create another version. Maedin\^talk 13:12, 17 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose In such articles about species, a photograph like File:White Crowned Pigeon 002.jpg (A better photograph is not impossible to create) has much more encyclopaedic value than an artist's impression painting. IMO, the colours in the painting and photo look very different.--Redtigerxyz ^Talk 05:28, 21 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]

The photograph you refer to is of a juvenile (described in the article), which explains why its colours are different from the adults in the print. I've updated the article to reflect that. The watercolour has enormous EV: male and female, superbly detailed, identified tree, notable artist. We only have poor photos of juveniles from Louisville Zoo, and as the birds are skittish and near threatened, there's little hope we'll ever have anything that even approaches the print in terms of EV. Maedin\^talk 09:45, 21 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Despite the explanation, my vote remains unchanged. It is not impossible to photograph an adult white pigeon [1]. There are quite a few on flickr [2]. A flickr photographer may be conceived to release a photo in a selectable license. An artist impression is no ever close to a photograph in EV. --Redtigerxyz ^Talk 17:31, 21 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Weak support great quality, but I am not that keen on artist impressions. Nergaal (talk) 16:36, 21 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Weak support impressive resolution, and good EV IMO, but could do with some cleaning up. The hair (?) on the neck of the female is one example. --Avenue (talk) 12:32, 22 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Not Promoted --Jujutacular ^talk 19:56, 22 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]

4 of 5 necessary supports. Jujutacular ^talk 19:56, 22 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]