Sultan's Cuckoo-Dove vs African Collared-dove

Macropygia doreya مقارنةً بـ Streptopelia roseogrisea

Side-by-Side Comparison

السمة Sultan's Cuckoo-Dove African Collared-dove
الاسم العلمي Macropygia doreya Streptopelia roseogrisea
الرتبة Columbiformes Columbiformes
الفصيلة Columbidae Columbidae
حالة الحفاظ Not Evaluated Least Concern
الطول
طول الجناح 31,8 cm (12.5 in)
الوزن 143,0 g (5.04 oz) 152,33333333333334 g (5.37 oz)
النظام الغذائي -- --
عدد البيض في الوضع 1 1-2
Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

الموائل المشتركة

بلا

Sultan's Cuckoo-Dove only

African Collared-dove only

Song & Call Comparison

Sultan's Cuckoo-Dove

الغناء

Soft, gentle cooing; pure warm notes carrying through open African woodland habitat. Vocalization pattern typical of this species in its native habitat.

African Collared-dove

الغناء

Soft, gentle cooing; pure warm notes through dense forest in Timor region. Vocalization pattern typical of this species in its native habitat.

حالة الحفاظ

Not Evaluated

Sultan's Cuckoo-Dove

Least Concern

African Collared-dove

About These Birds

Sultan's Cuckoo-Dove

Large slender cuckoo-dove, 38–42 cm, rufous-brown with black-barred upperparts and a distinctive cinnamon-rufous head and breast. Inhabits lowland and hill forest on the western Papuan islands, New Guinea, and the Bismarck Archipelago. Frugivore of small fruits and berries in forest canopy. Least Concern.

African Collared-dove

Small dove, 26–29 cm, pale pinkish-grey with a black hindneck collar and white tail corners. Native to arid zones of sub-Saharan Africa from Senegal to Somalia and south to Tanzania. The ancestor of the domesticated Barbary Dove (ring-necked dove). Granivore of grass seeds and small grains in dry savanna, farmland, and desert edge. Least Concern.

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