White-quilled Rock-pigeon vs Red-moustached Fruit-dove

Petrophassa albipennis مقارنةً بـ Ptilinopus mercierii

Side-by-Side Comparison

السمة White-quilled Rock-pigeon Red-moustached Fruit-dove
الاسم العلمي Petrophassa albipennis Ptilinopus mercierii
الرتبة Columbiformes Columbiformes
الفصيلة Columbidae Columbidae
حالة الحفاظ Least Concern Extinct
الطول
طول الجناح 26,6 cm (10.5 in)
الوزن 130,5 g (4.60 oz)
النظام الغذائي -- --
عدد البيض في الوضع 2 --
Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

الموائل المشتركة

بلا

White-quilled Rock-pigeon only

Red-moustached Fruit-dove only

Song & Call Comparison

White-quilled Rock-pigeon

الغناء

Soft, gentle cooing; pure warm notes with sapphire-like clarity in Caribbean forest. Vocalization pattern typical of this species in its native habitat.

Red-moustached Fruit-dove

حالة الحفاظ

Least Concern

White-quilled Rock-pigeon

Extinct

Red-moustached Fruit-dove

About These Birds

White-quilled Rock-pigeon

Small pigeon, 26–29 cm, brown streaked plumage with white (not chestnut) primary quills visible in flight. Restricted to rocky escarpments of the Kimberley region, Western Australia, including the Drysdale River National Park. Granivore of grass seeds and small grains. 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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