This species is typically long. Some specimens may exceed a length of and a weight of .Victoria crowned pigeon. Toronto Zoo. Retrieved on 2012-08-23. It is marginally larger than the two other crowned pigeons on average, at a mean of in adult body mass, thus is considered the largest surviving species of pigeon of Earth. The standard measurements among pigeons on mainland New Guinea are: the wing chord is , the tail is , the bill is and the unfeathered tarsus is .David Gibbs, Eustace Barnes & John Cox. "A Guide to the Pigeons and Doves of the World". Yale University Press (2001), .
