Neornithes Gadow, 1893 - living birds
   Neognathae Pycraft 1900 see Cohort Neognathae Pycraft, 1900
     Neoaves Sibley et al. 1988 see Subcohort Neoaves Sibley et al., 1988
       Order [Columbiformes] Latham, 1790 - pigeons and allies
         Family Columbidae Illiger, 1811 - doves, pigeons
           Subfamily Gourinae Gray, 1840 [monotypic] - crowned pigeons
             Genus Goura Stephens, 1819
               Goura cristata (Pallas, 1764) - western crowned-pigeon
                 1 Goura cristata cristata (Pallas, 1764)
                 2 Goura cristata minor Schlegel, 1864
                 3 Goura cristata pygmaea Mees, 1965