Grenada Dove vs Red-moustached Fruit-dove

Leptotila wellsi مقارنةً بـ Ptilinopus mercierii

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Side-by-Side Comparison

السمة Grenada Dove Red-moustached Fruit-dove
الاسم العلمي Leptotila wellsi Ptilinopus mercierii
الرتبة Columbiformes Columbiformes
الفصيلة Columbidae Columbidae
حالة الحفاظ Critically Endangered Extinct
الطول
طول الجناح 27,6 cm (10.9 in)
الوزن 200,0 g (7.05 oz)
النظام الغذائي -- --
عدد البيض في الوضع 2 --
Population Trend
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Habitat Comparison

الموائل المشتركة

بلا

Grenada Dove only

بلا

Red-moustached Fruit-dove only

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Song & Call Comparison

Grenada Dove

الغناء

Soft, gentle cooing; pure warm notes with plaintive quality in endemic Grenada forest. Vocalization pattern typical of this species in its native habitat.

Red-moustached Fruit-dove

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حالة الحفاظ

Critically Endangered

Grenada Dove

Extinct

Red-moustached Fruit-dove

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How to Tell Them Apart

Grenada Dove

الريش

Grenada Dove: pale gray-brown; buff below; long tail; bare red orbital skin; Grenada island endemic; critically endangered dove

Red-moustached Fruit-dove

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About These Birds

Grenada Dove

Medium dove, 25–28 cm, brown above with a pale grey head and pinkish-white underparts. Endemic to Grenada, Lesser Antilles, in dry and moist lowland forest and scrub. Terrestrial forager of seeds and fruits. Critically Endangered; estimated fewer than 150 individuals due to habitat loss and introduced predators.

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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