Brown-capped Emerald Dove vs Red-moustached Fruit-dove

Chalcophaps longirostris مقارنةً بـ Ptilinopus mercierii

Side-by-Side Comparison

السمة Brown-capped Emerald Dove Red-moustached Fruit-dove
الاسم العلمي Chalcophaps longirostris Ptilinopus mercierii
الرتبة Columbiformes Columbiformes
الفصيلة Columbidae Columbidae
حالة الحفاظ Least Concern Extinct
الطول
طول الجناح 30,4 cm (12.0 in)
الوزن 146,0 g (5.15 oz)
النظام الغذائي -- --
عدد البيض في الوضع 2 --
Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

الموائل المشتركة

Brown-capped Emerald Dove only

بلا

Red-moustached Fruit-dove only

بلا

Song & Call Comparison

Brown-capped Emerald Dove

الغناء

Soft, gentle cooing with emerald warmth; pure notes with mild quality through Australasian dense forest.

Red-moustached Fruit-dove

حالة الحفاظ

Least Concern

Brown-capped Emerald Dove

Extinct

Red-moustached Fruit-dove

About These Birds

Brown-capped Emerald Dove

Small dove, 23–26 cm, with iridescent emerald-green upperparts, a brown crown (not grey), and a longer bill than the Grey-capped Emerald Dove. Ranges from the Andamans and Sundas through New Guinea to Australia and Pacific islands. Inhabits dense rainforest and monsoon forest. Granivore and frugivore on the forest floor. Least Concern.

Red-moustached Fruit-dove

Red-moustached Fruit-dove (Ptilinopus mercierii), 27 cm. Green with a red moustachial streak and orange underparts; endemic to the Marquesas Islands. Last confirmed on Nuku Hiva and Hiva Oa. Possibly Extinct; last reliably recorded in the 1970s. Threatened by introduced rats and cats.

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