Scaled Pigeon vs Red-moustached Fruit-dove

Patagioenas speciosa مقارنةً بـ Ptilinopus mercierii

Side-by-Side Comparison

السمة Scaled Pigeon Red-moustached Fruit-dove
الاسم العلمي Patagioenas speciosa Ptilinopus mercierii
الرتبة Columbiformes Columbiformes
الفصيلة Columbidae Columbidae
حالة الحفاظ Least Concern Extinct
الطول
طول الجناح 36,9 cm (14.5 in)
الوزن 279,0 g (9.84 oz)
النظام الغذائي -- --
عدد البيض في الوضع 1-2 --
Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

الموائل المشتركة

Scaled Pigeon only

بلا

Red-moustached Fruit-dove only

بلا

Song & Call Comparison

Scaled Pigeon

الغناء

Deep, resonant cooing with scaled quality; warm carrying notes echoing through dense neotropical humid forest.

Red-moustached Fruit-dove

حالة الحفاظ

Least Concern

Scaled Pigeon

Extinct

Red-moustached Fruit-dove

About These Birds

Scaled Pigeon

Striking forest pigeon, 30–33 cm, with heavily scalloped black-and-white upperpart feathers creating a bold patterned effect. Inhabits lowland and foothill tropical forests from Mexico through Central America to Bolivia and Brazil. Frugivore of forest fruits and berries. Inconspicuous despite distinctive plumage. Least Concern.

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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