Scaly-naped Pigeon vs African Collared-dove

Patagioenas squamosa مقارنةً بـ Streptopelia roseogrisea

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Side-by-Side Comparison

السمة Scaly-naped Pigeon African Collared-dove
الاسم العلمي Patagioenas squamosa Streptopelia roseogrisea
الرتبة Columbiformes Columbiformes
الفصيلة Columbidae Columbidae
حالة الحفاظ Least Concern Least Concern
الطول
طول الجناح 42,1 cm (16.6 in) 31,8 cm (12.5 in)
الوزن 311,5 g (10.99 oz) 152,33333333333334 g (5.37 oz)
النظام الغذائي -- --
عدد البيض في الوضع 1-2 1-2
Population Trend
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Habitat Comparison

الموائل المشتركة

بلا

Scaly-naped Pigeon only

African Collared-dove only

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Song & Call Comparison

Scaly-naped Pigeon

الغناء

Deep, resonant cooing with scaly-naped richness; warm carrying notes through Caribbean island dense forest.

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.

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حالة الحفاظ

Least Concern

Scaly-naped Pigeon

Least Concern

African Collared-dove

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How to Tell Them Apart

Scaly-naped Pigeon

الريش

Picazuro Pigeon: pale gray; white neck patch; scaly brown back; dark tail band; South American grassland pigeon; white neck patch

African Collared-dove

الريش

Ruddy Cuckoo-dove: rich rufous-brown above; plain buff below; long red-brown tail; red orbital ring; Southeast Asian species

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About These Birds

Scaly-naped Pigeon

Robust pigeon, 36–40 cm, with dark slate-blue plumage, a vinaceous breast, and a distinctive scaly red neck patch. Resident of tropical forests across the Caribbean archipelago from Puerto Rico to Trinidad. Frugivore foraging in forest canopy and edges. Least Concern but declining on some islands due to hunting.

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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