Afep Pigeon vs Sulu Bleeding-heart

Columba unicincta مقارنةً بـ Gallicolumba menagei

Side-by-Side Comparison

السمة Afep Pigeon Sulu Bleeding-heart
الاسم العلمي Columba unicincta Gallicolumba menagei
الرتبة Columbiformes Columbiformes
الفصيلة Columbidae Columbidae
حالة الحفاظ Least Concern Critically Endangered
الطول
طول الجناح 42,2 cm (16.6 in) 31,7 cm (12.5 in)
الوزن 401,5 g (14.16 oz) 196,0 g (6.91 oz)
النظام الغذائي -- --
عدد البيض في الوضع 1 --
Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

الموائل المشتركة

Afep Pigeon only

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Sulu Bleeding-heart only

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Song & Call Comparison

Afep Pigeon

الغناء

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

Sulu Bleeding-heart

حالة الحفاظ

Least Concern

Afep Pigeon

Critically Endangered

Sulu Bleeding-heart

How to Tell Them Apart

Afep Pigeon

الريش

Afep Pigeon: pale gray; white neck gloss; dark flight feathers; large size; Central African rainforest pigeon; pale overall

Sulu Bleeding-heart

الريش

Sulu Bleeding-heart: white below with crimson breast spot; dark brown above; bare facial skin; Sulu islands endemic; critically endangered

About These Birds

Afep Pigeon

Afep Pigeon (Columba unicincta) — 36–40 cm. Large; dark grey; single narrow black ring on hindneck; pale grey rump. Inhabits canopy of rainforest in West and Central Africa. Frugivore; feeds on forest fruits. Poorly known; an upper-canopy species seldom studied at close range.

Sulu Bleeding-heart

Small ground dove, 22–25 cm, with brown and grey plumage and a red breast spot. Known only from the Sulu Archipelago in the southern Philippines, with very few modern records. Inhabits lowland forest remnants. Critically Endangered (possibly Extinct) due to near-total forest loss and hunting pressure in the Sulu Islands.

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