Tooth-billed Pigeon vs Pohnpei Fruit-dove

Didunculus strigirostris مقارنةً بـ Ptilinopus ponapensis

Side-by-Side Comparison

السمة Tooth-billed Pigeon Pohnpei Fruit-dove
الاسم العلمي Didunculus strigirostris Ptilinopus ponapensis
الرتبة Columbiformes Columbiformes
الفصيلة Columbidae Columbidae
حالة الحفاظ Critically Endangered Least Concern
الطول
طول الجناح 37,6 cm (14.8 in) 25,4 cm (10.0 in)
الوزن 400,0 g (14.11 oz) 105,0 g (3.70 oz)
النظام الغذائي -- --
عدد البيض في الوضع 2 1
Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

الموائل المشتركة

Tooth-billed Pigeon only

بلا

Pohnpei Fruit-dove only

بلا

حالة الحفاظ

Critically Endangered

Tooth-billed Pigeon

Least Concern

Pohnpei Fruit-dove

How to Tell Them Apart

Tooth-billed Pigeon

الريش

Tooth-billed Pigeon: dark chestnut; glossy neck; pale below; hooked tooth-like bill; Samoa endemic; critically endangered unique pigeon

Pohnpei Fruit-dove

About These Birds

Tooth-billed Pigeon

Unusual, stocky pigeon, 29–31 cm, with dark green and chestnut-rufous plumage and a uniquely hooked, tooth-like bill unlike any other living pigeon. Endemic to Samoa. Inhabits montane and secondary forest. Feeds on fruits and seeds on the ground and in trees. Endangered due to deforestation and cyclone damage.

Pohnpei Fruit-dove

Pohnpei Fruit-dove (Ptilinopus ponapensis), 22 cm. Green with a lilac head and an orange-yellow breast; endemic to Pohnpei, Micronesia. Occupies primary forest above 200 m on this volcanic island. Frugivore. Vulnerable; total range barely exceeds 100 km².

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