Plain-breasted Ground Dove vs Red-moustached Fruit-dove

Columbina minuta مقارنةً بـ Ptilinopus mercierii

Side-by-Side Comparison

السمة Plain-breasted Ground Dove Red-moustached Fruit-dove
الاسم العلمي Columbina minuta Ptilinopus mercierii
الرتبة Columbiformes Columbiformes
الفصيلة Columbidae Columbidae
حالة الحفاظ Least Concern Extinct
الطول
طول الجناح 15,2 cm (6.0 in)
الوزن 33,4 g (1.18 oz)
النظام الغذائي -- --
عدد البيض في الوضع 2 --
Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

الموائل المشتركة

بلا

Plain-breasted Ground Dove only

Red-moustached Fruit-dove only

Song & Call Comparison

Plain-breasted Ground Dove

الغناء

Soft, gentle cooing; pure warm notes typical of Andean forest floor habitat. Vocalization pattern typical of this species in its native habitat.

Red-moustached Fruit-dove

حالة الحفاظ

Least Concern

Plain-breasted Ground Dove

Extinct

Red-moustached Fruit-dove

About These Birds

Plain-breasted Ground Dove

Very small dove, 14–17 cm, plain grey-brown with minimal scaling, a pale breast, and a small reddish bill. Inhabits open savanna, grassland, and farmland from Mexico to Bolivia, Brazil, and Trinidad. Granivore of tiny seeds on the ground. Often overlooked due to small size and cryptic plumage. 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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