White-tailed Laurel-pigeon vs Red-moustached Fruit-dove

Columba junoniae مقارنةً بـ Ptilinopus mercierii

Side-by-Side Comparison

السمة White-tailed Laurel-pigeon Red-moustached Fruit-dove
الاسم العلمي Columba junoniae Ptilinopus mercierii
الرتبة Columbiformes Columbiformes
الفصيلة Columbidae Columbidae
حالة الحفاظ Near Threatened Extinct
الطول
طول الجناح 43,8 cm (17.2 in)
الوزن 400,0 g (14.11 oz)
النظام الغذائي -- --
عدد البيض في الوضع 1-2 --
Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

الموائل المشتركة

White-tailed Laurel-pigeon only

بلا

Red-moustached Fruit-dove only

بلا

Song & Call Comparison

White-tailed Laurel-pigeon

الغناء

Deep, resonant cooing; rich notes with carrying quality through dense highland African forest. Vocalization pattern typical of this species in its native habitat.

Red-moustached Fruit-dove

حالة الحفاظ

Near Threatened

White-tailed Laurel-pigeon

Extinct

Red-moustached Fruit-dove

How to Tell Them Apart

White-tailed Laurel-pigeon

الريش

White-tailed Laurel-pigeon: dark brown; purple neck gloss; white tail band; Canary Island Laurisilva endemic; white tail diagnostic

Red-moustached Fruit-dove

About These Birds

White-tailed Laurel-pigeon

White-tailed Laurel-pigeon (Columba junoniae) — 37–40 cm. Dark grey with white tail tip; iridescent neck patch. Endemic to La Palma, La Gomera, and Tenerife (Canary Islands) in laurel forest. Frugivore. Vulnerable; strongly dependent on intact laurisilva. One of the rarest European pigeons.

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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