Bonin Woodpigeon vs Adamawa Turtle-dove

Columba versicolor مقارنةً بـ Streptopelia hypopyrrha

Side-by-Side Comparison

السمة Bonin Woodpigeon Adamawa Turtle-dove
الاسم العلمي Columba versicolor Streptopelia hypopyrrha
الرتبة Columbiformes Columbiformes
الفصيلة Columbidae Columbidae
حالة الحفاظ Extinct Least Concern
الطول
طول الجناح 34,6 cm (13.6 in)
الوزن 161,0 g (5.68 oz)
النظام الغذائي -- --
عدد البيض في الوضع -- 2
Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

الموائل المشتركة

Bonin Woodpigeon only

بلا

Adamawa Turtle-dove only

بلا

Song & Call Comparison

Bonin Woodpigeon

الغناء

Deep, mournful cooing with hollow quality; slow resonant notes of Bonin woodpigeon once echoing through forest.

Adamawa Turtle-dove

الغناء

Soft, gentle cooing with laughing quality; pleasant notes carrying through African dry woodland. Vocalization pattern typical of this species in its native habitat.

حالة الحفاظ

Extinct

Bonin Woodpigeon

Least Concern

Adamawa Turtle-dove

How to Tell Them Apart

Bonin Woodpigeon

الريش

Bonin Woodpigeon: extinct; dark above; iridescent neck gloss; pale below; Bonin islands; known from specimens only; lost species

Adamawa Turtle-dove

About These Birds

Bonin Woodpigeon

Bonin Woodpigeon (Columba versicolor) — ~45 cm. Extinct. Inhabited Nakodo-jima and Chichi-jima in the Bonin (Ogasawara) Islands, Japan. Dark iridescent plumage; last recorded in 1889. Driven to extinction by hunting and habitat clearance following colonisation of the islands.

Adamawa Turtle-dove

Medium dove, 27–30 cm, with warm rufous-brown upperparts, a black neck collar, and a deep orange-red breast. Endemic to the highland plateaus and montane grasslands of northern Nigeria and Cameroon. Granivore of grass seeds and cultivated grains. Poorly studied and localised range. Least Concern.

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