Shining Imperial-pigeon vs Tuxtla Quail-Dove

Ducula chalconota مقارنةً بـ Zentrygon carrikeri

Side-by-Side Comparison

السمة Shining Imperial-pigeon Tuxtla Quail-Dove
الاسم العلمي Ducula chalconota Zentrygon carrikeri
الرتبة Columbiformes Columbiformes
الفصيلة Columbidae Columbidae
حالة الحفاظ Least Concern Endangered
الطول
طول الجناح 42,4 cm (16.7 in) 29,3 cm (11.5 in)
الوزن 553,5 g (19.52 oz) 270,5 g (9.54 oz)
النظام الغذائي -- --
عدد البيض في الوضع -- 1
Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

الموائل المشتركة

Shining Imperial-pigeon only

بلا

Tuxtla Quail-Dove only

بلا

حالة الحفاظ

Least Concern

Shining Imperial-pigeon

Endangered

Tuxtla Quail-Dove

How to Tell Them Apart

Shining Imperial-pigeon

Tuxtla Quail-Dove

الريش

Tuxtla Quail-Dove: dark brown above; rufous-buff below; bare blue-gray facial skin; long tail; Tuxtla Mexico endemic; endangered

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.

Tuxtla Quail-Dove

Medium quail-dove, 25–28 cm, with brown upperparts, grey head and neck, rufous breast, and pale facial stripe. Confined to cloud forest and humid montane forest in Veracruz and adjacent Oaxaca, Mexico. Terrestrial forager of seeds and fruits. Endangered due to extreme range restriction and continuous cloud-forest loss.

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