Shining Imperial-pigeon vs Yungas Dove

Ducula chalconota مقارنةً بـ Leptotila megalura

Side-by-Side Comparison

السمة Shining Imperial-pigeon Yungas Dove
الاسم العلمي Ducula chalconota Leptotila megalura
الرتبة Columbiformes Columbiformes
الفصيلة Columbidae Columbidae
حالة الحفاظ Least Concern Least Concern
الطول
طول الجناح 42,4 cm (16.7 in) 30,0 cm (11.8 in)
الوزن 553,5 g (19.52 oz) 218,0 g (7.69 oz)
النظام الغذائي -- --
عدد البيض في الوضع -- 2
Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

الموائل المشتركة

Shining Imperial-pigeon only

بلا

Yungas Dove only

بلا

Song & Call Comparison

Shining Imperial-pigeon

Yungas Dove

الغناء

Soft, gentle cooing with Yungas quality; pure warm notes typical of Andean slope dense humid forest.

حالة الحفاظ

Least Concern

Shining Imperial-pigeon

Least Concern

Yungas Dove

How to Tell Them Apart

Shining Imperial-pigeon

Yungas Dove

الريش

Yungas Dove: brown above; pale gray-white below; long graduated tail; bare facial skin; Bolivian Andean Yungas forest dove

About These Birds

Shining Imperial-pigeon

Shining Imperial-pigeon (Ducula chalconota), 38 cm. Richly iridescent bronze-green upperparts with a contrasting pale grey head and underparts. Found in montane forest of New Guinea from 700 to 2,200 m. Frugivore. Least Concern; common in hill and montane forest.

Yungas Dove

Medium dove, 27–30 cm, brown above with a grey head, pale underparts, and notably long tail with white tips. Inhabits humid foothill and montane forest of the Yungas zone in Bolivia and northwestern Argentina (Tucumán to Jujuy). Terrestrial frugivore and granivore. Least Concern.

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