New Zealand Pigeon vs Red-moustached Fruit-dove

Hemiphaga novaeseelandiae مقارنةً بـ Ptilinopus mercierii

Side-by-Side Comparison

السمة New Zealand Pigeon Red-moustached Fruit-dove
الاسم العلمي Hemiphaga novaeseelandiae Ptilinopus mercierii
الرتبة Columbiformes Columbiformes
الفصيلة Columbidae Columbidae
حالة الحفاظ Least Concern Extinct
الطول
طول الجناح 51,3 cm (20.2 in)
الوزن 652,5 g (23.02 oz)
النظام الغذائي -- --
عدد البيض في الوضع 1 --
Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

الموائل المشتركة

New Zealand Pigeon only

بلا

Red-moustached Fruit-dove only

بلا

حالة الحفاظ

Least Concern

New Zealand Pigeon

Extinct

Red-moustached Fruit-dove

About These Birds

New Zealand Pigeon

New Zealand Pigeon / Kereru (Hemiphaga novaeseelandiae), 51 cm. Large and robust; iridescent green-and-bronze upperparts, white underparts. Endemic to New Zealand and the Kermadec Islands. Inhabits native forest. Sole disperser of large-seeded native trees (e.g. karaka, miro). Frugivore. Least Concern but protected.

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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