Shining Imperial-pigeon vs Wetar Ground Dove

Ducula chalconota مقارنةً بـ Pampusana hoedtii

Side-by-Side Comparison

السمة Shining Imperial-pigeon Wetar Ground Dove
الاسم العلمي Ducula chalconota Pampusana hoedtii
الرتبة Columbiformes Columbiformes
الفصيلة Columbidae Columbidae
حالة الحفاظ Least Concern Endangered
الطول
طول الجناح 42,4 cm (16.7 in)
الوزن 553,5 g (19.52 oz) 158,5 g (5.59 oz)
النظام الغذائي -- --
عدد البيض في الوضع -- --
Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

الموائل المشتركة

Shining Imperial-pigeon only

بلا

Wetar Ground Dove only

بلا

حالة الحفاظ

Least Concern

Shining Imperial-pigeon

Endangered

Wetar Ground Dove

How to Tell Them Apart

Shining Imperial-pigeon

Wetar Ground Dove

الريش

Wetar Ground Dove: brown above; rufous-buff below; bare facial skin; Wetar island endemic; endangered; little-known ground 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.

Wetar Ground Dove

Small ground dove, 21–24 cm, with dark brown upperparts, a grey head, and pale buff-white underparts. Confined to Wetar Island in the Lesser Sunda Islands, eastern Indonesia. Inhabits forest and forest edge on the island. Terrestrial frugivore. Vulnerable due to very small range and deforestation.

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