Wetar Ground Dove vs Red-moustached Fruit-dove

Pampusana hoedtii مقارنةً بـ Ptilinopus mercierii

Side-by-Side Comparison

السمة Wetar Ground Dove Red-moustached Fruit-dove
الاسم العلمي Pampusana hoedtii Ptilinopus mercierii
الرتبة Columbiformes Columbiformes
الفصيلة Columbidae Columbidae
حالة الحفاظ Endangered Extinct
الطول
طول الجناح
الوزن 158,5 g (5.59 oz)
النظام الغذائي -- --
عدد البيض في الوضع -- --
Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

الموائل المشتركة

Wetar Ground Dove only

بلا

Red-moustached Fruit-dove only

بلا

حالة الحفاظ

Endangered

Wetar Ground Dove

Extinct

Red-moustached Fruit-dove

How to Tell Them Apart

Wetar Ground Dove

الريش

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

Red-moustached Fruit-dove

About These Birds

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.

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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