Purple-winged Ground Dove vs Red-moustached Fruit-dove

Paraclaravis geoffroyi مقارنةً بـ Ptilinopus mercierii

Side-by-Side Comparison

السمة Purple-winged Ground Dove Red-moustached Fruit-dove
الاسم العلمي Paraclaravis geoffroyi Ptilinopus mercierii
الرتبة Columbiformes Columbiformes
الفصيلة Columbidae Columbidae
حالة الحفاظ Critically Endangered Extinct
الطول
طول الجناح 23,6 cm (9.3 in)
الوزن 225,0 g (7.94 oz)
النظام الغذائي -- --
عدد البيض في الوضع 2 --
Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

الموائل المشتركة

Purple-winged Ground Dove only

بلا

Red-moustached Fruit-dove only

بلا

Song & Call Comparison

Purple-winged Ground Dove

الغناء

Soft, gentle cooing with purple-winged quality; delicate notes of this threatened Brazilian dove species.

Red-moustached Fruit-dove

حالة الحفاظ

Critically Endangered

Purple-winged Ground Dove

Extinct

Red-moustached Fruit-dove

About These Birds

Purple-winged Ground Dove

Small dove, 18–21 cm; male dark blue with purple wing bars; female brown with rufous wing bars. Tied to Atlantic Forest bamboo in southeastern Brazil, Paraguay, and northeastern Argentina. Nomadic, appearing in flocks only during bamboo seeding. Endangered due to extensive Atlantic Forest loss; rarely recorded in recent decades.

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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